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Not a Tame Lion

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If the inspiration for the Da Vinci Code's Robert Langdon were drawn from a single living person, John Boswell would have been the one. Boswell read and translated fourteen ancient and modern languages and became a Yale Professor by age thirty and were granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award-winning books, making him a world-renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. John Boswell was also openly Gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. NOT A TAME LION offers the first-hand accounts of Boswell's closest friends, students, colleagues, and family members as they recount his life, his works, and his final days during which he feverishly worked to complete SAME-SEX UNIONS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE a book that changed the trajectory of the Marriage Equality debate, all while privately battling the debilitating effects of AIDS which led to his death on December 24th, 1994 at the age of forty-seven.

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Andrew Stover Film Threat 09/02/2022
8/10
The point is to acknowledge the life of a scholar who, by broaching this discussion of Christianity and homosexuality, uncovered newfound truth and compassion in religious ideology. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 08/25/2022
3/4
An informative documentary that flies in the face of the ferocious intolerance currently crippling this nation’s soul. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Craig Bettendorf

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Kai Morgan

Actor

Kai Morgan

Narrator

Ralph J. Hexter

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James Meehan

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Elizabeth Archibald

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Synopsis If the inspiration for the Da Vinci Code's Robert Langdon were drawn from a single living person, John Boswell would have been the one. Boswell read and translated fourteen ancient and modern languages and became a Yale Professor by age thirty and were granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award-winning books, making him a world-renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. John Boswell was also openly Gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. NOT A TAME LION offers the first-hand accounts of Boswell's closest friends, students, colleagues, and family members as they recount his life, his works, and his final days during which he feverishly worked to complete SAME-SEX UNIONS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE a book that changed the trajectory of the Marriage Equality debate, all while privately battling the debilitating effects of AIDS which led to his death on December 24th, 1994 at the age of forty-seven.
Director
Craig Bettendorf
Producer
Craig Bettendorf
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 59m
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