The current governor of a major U.S. southern state, the campaign manager of a U.S. president, a senior West Coast congressman, a former mayor of New York City, and others are among those outed in Kirby Dick’s “Outrage,” a provocative new documentary debuting tomorrow night at the Tribeca Film Festival. Unseen in its finished form until yesterday, the film is likely to cause waves in political and media circles as word gets out about its subject matter. (indieWIRE watched the final cut of the documentary on Thursday.)
To seasoned politicos, those named as closeted gay politicians in Kirby Dick’s “Outrage” - many of them socially conservative Republicans - will not come as a complete surprise. Indeed many of those profiled in the film, have had rumors swirling around them in political circles and alternative media already - and some for years. Nevertheless, the mainstream media have been hesitant and even openly reluctant to pursue the truth about allegedly gay politicians from the past and present.
