Judgment Day: Jason Jones v the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago

2018 13 min

Overview

In 2017, Jason Jones, a human rights activist sued the state over colonial-era laws that criminalise sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex. Judgement day is a short documentary that follows emotive events on the day of Justice Devindra Rampersad’s landmark ruling in the legal case, Jason Jones v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago. April 12, 2018, was D-Day for Jason, the LGBTQIA coalition and the supporters of these laws gather outside the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain to await the judgment.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Trinidad and Tobago

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Jason Jones

Crew

Francesca Hawkins

Director

Francesca Hawkins

Writer

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