Sunscreen Film Festival 2009

On the 11th annual National Day of Silence (April 18, 2007), ErinDavies was victim to a hate crime in Albany, NY. Because of sportinga rainbow sticker on her VW Beetle, Erin's car was vandalized, leftwith the words 'fag' and 'u r gay' placed on the driver side window and hoodof her car. Despite initial shock and embarrassment, Erin decided toembrace what happened and plan a 58-day cross country tour around the US and Canada in her car known worldwide as the fagbug. Along the way, Erin finds out about other more serious hate crimes, realizes VW of America wants to sponsor her trip, meets strangers who display random acts of kindness, has people attempt to remove the graffiti from her car, experiments with having a male drive her car to see what the difference would be, gains worldwide support while loses the support of those she's closest to back home. The film follows Erin's quest to drive her vandalized car over the course of one year while documenting the changes this journey has brought to her life. On the one year anniversary of driving her car with the graffiti, Erin decides to transform her car into a huge rainbow with fagbug written on both sides of it.