One the year's most controversial documentaries -- Kirby Dick's Outrage -- is getting a one-night-only engagement July 15 at an unlikely place: the suds-and-cinema showcase, Tampa Pitcher Show. It's part of a monthly film series sponsored by community radio WMNF-FM 88.5. Show time is 7 p.m. and tickets are going fast.

One of the film's "stars" is Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, one of several politicians Dick accuses of being closeted homosexuals.

What Outrage seeks isn’t embarrassment but ending hypocrisy by politicians living one way and voting another. Other targets include former New York City Mayor Ed Koch and former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig with his infamous public restroom arrest, after repeatedly voting against assistance for AIDS and hate crime victims.

But it's the inclusion of Crist that's making Outrage a hot topic in the Sunshine State.

"When Kirby Dick was filming the movie, he sent a film crew to WMNF, a few days before the governor's wedding, to shoot a call-in show that was talking about the protest being planned at the governor's wedding," said the station's director of news and public affairs Rob Lorei. "The footage of WMNF didn't make it into the (finished) film but the movie was on our radar."

That must be high-intensity radar. Dick claims “a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy” keeps gay politicians in the closet. Some may say the same about the extremely limited release of Outrage (although to be fair, none of Dick’s films have been widely seen in theaters).

At its peak, Outrage only played in 18 theaters nationwide, for a number of reasons, including Dick's previous documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, which took the MPAA ratings board to task for judging sex in films more harshly than violence. Dick declined to submit Outrage for an MPAA rating, and many theater chains are skittish about playing unrated movies.

Beyond that, it’s all about money. The audience for Outrage is a narrow niche compared to, say, the latest Transformers flick, and the distributor, Magnolia Pictures, is too small to afford striking and transporting hundreds of prints to theaters. Dick’s name certainly isn’t as marketable as Oscar winners Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine) or Errol Morris (The Fog of War).

My column on Outrage and its insinuations about Crist will be published online and in print Monday.

Is the movie fair and balanced about our governor? Hardly. But it's a fascinating watch.