This, of course, gets at the heart of ethical questions about documenting this type of behavior, especially when documenting is precisely the weapon of choice by groups like Occupy Paedophilia. ItвЂ™s uncomfortable to watch not least because it reproduces the very humiliating videos the doc sets out to condemn (with blurred faces, as narrator Matt Bomer tells us, вЂњto protect their privacyвЂќ).

In one of the many intentionally cringe-worthy moments of the film, we see the leader of this group taunt a gay man with jeers and veiled threats that, should he not collaborate in filming a self-incriminating interview, she wonвЂ™t know what the rowdy and bloodthirsty men around her might do with him. Others, like Occupy Paedophilia lure gay men to a secluded spot only to humiliate them, and beat them-all the while catching it on camera to broadcast the (usually closeted) manвЂ™s sexuality for all to see. Thus, through this lie, harmful to children. They've accomplished this with the sneaky dishonest conflation of paedophilia as an outgrowth and a symptom of homosexuality. Groups like Parents of Russia boycott and disrupt pro-gay propaganda (like film festivals and demonstrations), which the government has all but made illegal. Released the same year as the Sochi Olympics-which in themselves brought closer scrutiny to what many around the world saw as a state-sanctioned anti-gay stance- Hunted: The War Against Gays In Russia paints a portrait of the homophobic culture that has spurred civilian vigilante groups to actively вЂњhuntвЂќ gay men. вЂњHunting season is openвЂ¦and we are the hunted.вЂќ A victim of a raid on an LGBT gathering that left him blind in one eye, he puts it all too bluntly: This week, we revisit a 2014 HBO documentary about the dangerous anti-gay vigilante groups that have recently proliferated in Russia.В The title comes directly from one gay man featured in the film. Ogling his latest sexcapade with Corey Stoll, who plays a famous actor on the show, we talked about the way the Broadway actor has made himself an essential part of Lena DunhamвЂ™s show, giving the vapid narcissism of his character the necessary depth to avoid falling into clichГ©. Last week we looked at Andrew RannellsвЂ™s Elijah ( Girls ). ManuelВ is working his way through all the LGBT-themed HBO productions.

The hunted 2014