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May 15, 2013
Shane Bitney Crone on how Bridegroom documentary is helping him heal after death of his partner

'It's good that something so tragic led to something that's positive'

The documentary Bridegroom tells the story of Shane Bitney Crone and what happened after his partner of six years, Tom Bridegroom, was killed in an accidental fall off of a building in their Los Angeles neighborhood.

Crone shared with Gay Star News in a recent interview how his life has taken unexpected turns since he made a YouTube video about how his grief was compounded by the heartless actions of Tom’s homophobic family.

May 15, 2013
Shane Bitney Crone on how Bridegroom documentary is helping him heal after death of his partner

'It's good that something so tragic led to something that's positive'

The documentary Bridegroom tells the story of Shane Bitney Crone and what happened after his partner of six years, Tom Bridegroom, was killed in an accidental fall off of a building in their Los Angeles neighborhood.

Crone shared with Gay Star News in a recent interview how his life has taken unexpected turns since he made a YouTube video about how his grief was compounded by the heartless actions of Tom’s homophobic family.

April 24, 2013
Bill Clinton shows up at Tribeca Film Festival to introduce documentary about gay marriage

Bridegroom directed by longtime Clinton friend Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Just three days after receiving the Advocate for Change prize at the GLAAD Media Award in Los Angeles, Bill Clinton turned up in New York to introduce the film Bridegroom at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The former president, close friends with the film's director Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, spoke highly of the documentary that shines a light on how a lack of marital rights can compound the grief of a surviving spouse when the other one dies.

April 19, 2013
'Bridegroom' documentary tells of indignities suffered by unmarried gay partners after one dies

Film to premiere next week at the Tribeca Film Festival

The documentary Bridegroom, which premieres next week at the Tribeca Film Festival, will shine a light on how a lack of marital rights can compound the grief of a surviving spouse when the other one dies.

April 19, 2013
'Bridegroom' documentary tells of indignities suffered by unmarried gay partners after one dies

Film to premiere next week at the Tribeca Film Festival

The documentary Bridegroom, which premieres next week at the Tribeca Film Festival, will shine a light on how a lack of marital rights can compound the grief of a surviving spouse when the other one dies.

April 5, 2013
Kickstarter funded documentary Bridegroom to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

Movie looks at how even in death, a grieving spouse can be cruelly shut out by a homophobic family

Last summer, the heart-wrenching video It Could Happen to You went viral on YouTube.

It has since been expanded into a feature film called Bridegroom and will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on 23 April.

It tells the story of Shane Bitney Crone and what happened after his partner of six years, Tom Bridegroom, was killed in an accidental fall off of a building in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.

April 5, 2013
Kickstarter funded documentary Bridegroom to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

Movie looks at how even in death, a grieving spouse can be cruelly shut out by a homophobic family

Last summer, the heart-wrenching video It Could Happen to You went viral on YouTube.

It has since been expanded into a feature film called Bridegroom and will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on 23 April.

It tells the story of Shane Bitney Crone and what happened after his partner of six years, Tom Bridegroom, was killed in an accidental fall off of a building in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.

July 23, 2012
Bridegroom documentary breaks kickstarter fundraising record

Fueled by YouTube, project has raised $384,375 in four weeks

The heart-wrenching video It Could Happen to You, which has had nearly 3 million views since it was posted on YouTube in April, has achieved the $300,000 needed to be expanded into a feature film.

July 10, 2012
Gay couple's tragedy to go from YouTube to movie screen

Film makers are close to raising enough money through crowd funding to turn the tragedy of Shane and Tom from YouTube hit into feature documentary film

The tragic story of a young man who was frozen out after his lover died is set to make the leap from YouTube to the big screen thanks to crowd funding.

Shane Bitney Crone was naturally devastated when his partner of six years Tom Bridegroom tripped and fell off a roof on a trip to Paris.

But what happened next - when Bridegroom's family refused to recognize his rights as Tom's lover - made the pain even harder to bear.

June 29, 2012
Designing Woman creator seeking Kickstarter funds to make Bridegroom

Documentary inspired by YouTube video made by Shane Bitney Crone about his partner's death and its aftermath

Filmmaker Shane Bitney Crone lost the love of his life in 2011.

He and Tom Bridegroom had been together for six years when Tom died after falling off of a roof while taking photos of their best friend.

Crane’s grief over losing his partner was compounded by the heartless actions of Bridegroom’s homophobic family who threatened him with violence if he tried to attend the funeral and made no mention of him in the funeral program.