Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia debuts on Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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Director Ben Steele tells The Hollywood Reporter that it took little convincing to get Operation Pedophilia and similar bands of anti-gay crusaders to agree to let him tag along on their "safaris," as they call the ambushes, which are videotaped and later uploaded online for maximum public humiliation. "They feel that they are representing the views of the majority of Russians and they feel they have the support from Russian authorities," says Steele. "They’re proud of what they’re doing and feel they’re doing the right thing."
The hard truth is that they have no reason to believe otherwise. Hunted was shot in November and December of last year, after Russia's president Vladimir Putin passed a flurry of anti-gay legislation that trampled the rights of its LGBT citizens and their supporters.
this mad world