Mansfield 1962

William E. Jones

IndieLisboa 2007 •

United States of America, Experimental, 2006, 9′

In the summer of 1962, the Mansfield, Ohio Police Department photographed men having sex in a public restroom under the main square of the city. The cameraman hid in a closet filmed over a two week period, and the resulting movie was used to obtain the conviction of over 30 men on charges of sodomy. W.E. Jones reedits this footage in Mansfield 1962, a haunting, silent condensation of the original.