In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.
Stockard Channing
as Judy Shepard
Shane Meier
as Matthew Shepard
Wendy Crewson
as Sarah
Kristen Thomson
as Romaine Patterson
Joseph Ziegler
as Cal
Yani Gellman
as Pablo
Sam Waterston
as Dennis Shepard
Drew Nelson
as Lance
