Case Against 8
The best kind of popular history, a film that trembles with tears and hope, and I dare you to get through it without bawling some yourself.
The Case Against 8
A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who last faced off as opposing attorneys in Bush v. Gore. The film also follows the plaintiffs, two gay couples who find their families at the center of the same-sex marriage controversy. Five years in the making, this is the story of how they took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
109
Language
English
Director
Ben Cotner,
Ryan White
FEATURED REVIEW
Joshua Rothkopf, TimeOut New York
HBO’s passionate, pro-gay The Case Against 8 has a built-in audience, the one now watching The Normal Heart. But it deserves wider viewership, especially for its thriller of a plot development: the surprising recruitment to the cause of attorney Theodore Olson, the right-winger who successfully ...
Played at
Royal 6.06.14 - 6.12.14
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