Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

The protests against William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising became a flash point in the emerging gay rights movement, but the real-life events surrounding it — a series of gruesome murders, a cop going undercover to catch a killer, and a Village Voice journalist who led the protests against the film — is an even more sensational story. The protests against William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising became a flash point in the emerging gay rights movement, but the real-life events surrounding it — a series of gruesome murders, a cop going undercover to catch a killer, and a Village Voice journalist who led the protests against the film — is an even more sensational story. The protests against William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising became a flash point in the emerging gay rights movement, but the real-life events surrounding it — a series of gruesome murders, a cop going undercover to catch a killer, and a Village Voice journalist who led the protests against the film — is an even more sensational story. The protests against William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising became a flash point in the emerging gay rights movement, but the real-life events surrounding it — a series of gruesome murders, a cop going undercover to catch a killer, and a Village Voice journalist who led the protests against the film — is an even more sensational story.