The read
It runs a compact 11m.
Synopsis
On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of same-sex couples to marry. On May 26, 2009, with Canadian allies, gay American families rally at a Vancouver demonstration to protest these amendments that persecute the LGBTQ community. Demonstration organizer Roger Chin relays the California Supreme Court's infamous decision on Prop 8. Subsequent speakers talk about couples living in exile. Weaving elements of public protest and intimate interviews, four families share their stories of how they met, their decision to escape to freedom in Canada, their Canadian experience and their dreams of returning to their home country, family and friends. In the end, the organizer celebrates the freedoms to marry that exists in Canada.
Ratings
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim VanDeventerDirector
Cast
- Roger Chinhimself - protest organizer
- Carl Meadowshimself - protest speaker
- Donald Limhimself - love exile
- Steven Rowehimself - love exile
- Michael Smithhimself - love exile
- Paul Holzapfelhimself - love exile
- Terry FrostSelf - love exile
- Kenzie Frostherself - love exile
- Catherine Frostherself - love exile
- Richard Daltonhimself - love exile
- Luis Grisaleshimself - love exile
- Jim VanDeventerhimself - filmmaker