No Man Is an Island

No Man Is an Island (2025)

Documentary

A short verbatim documentary that tells the story of how the Isle of Man came to decriminalise homosexual acts in 1992. The film follows the parliamentary debates around changing the law, the febrile atmosphere on the island as activists protested at Tynwald Day, the 1991 general election campaign where gay sex seemed to be on the ballot, and the police raids of public toilets where gay men would meet. The film specially explores ideas around social shame and the media as an extra-judicial mechanism for social control in small communities.

Director: John Craine

Casts

	James Northcote as
	Nigel Hastings as
	Samuel Holland as
	Edward Crompton as
	Anthony Crank as
	Zoe Guilford as
	Andi McCormick as
	Howard Caine as
	Matthew Bridson as
	Barbara Quilliam as
	Liam Behan as
	Charlie Henry as
	Shawn Sturnick as
	Phil Gawne as
	Lisa Kreisky as
	Celia Joughin as
	Andrew Willoughby as
	James Trewin as
	Billy Newton as
	Geoff Pugh as
	Garry Eissen as
	Nigel Harrison as
	Gilly Bowers as
	Daniel Sebastian Gray as
	Ian Manton as

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