Julio of Jackson Heights

Julio of Jackson Heights

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 12, 2016

Runtime

1h 30m

User Score

57%

Original Title

Julio of Jackson Heights

Director

Richard Shpuntoff

Description

Julio Rivera, a Bronx-born Puerto Rican hustler, was murdered in a schoolyard in Jackson Heights, Queens on July 2, 1990, by three young men looking to clean up their neighborhood by 'stretching out a gay guy', but instead the murder sparked the coming out of New York's largest and until then most closeted LGBTQ community.