Ballot Measure 9

Product Details

Director : Heather MacDonald
Format : Import, Dolby, NTSC
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0879086000057
Product Group : DVD
Release Date : 2008-01-29
Studio : Sovereign Distribution, Toots Crackin Producti
UPC : 879086000057

ASIN : B000X3HBUG

Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.com

A revealing and spirited documentary, Ballot Measure 9 takes a frightening look at a persistent and growing lack of tolerance in America. Efforts are made by the conservative Oregon Citizens' Alliance to revoke "special rights" (a.k.a. equal rights) from homosexuals during the 1992 presidential election. Director Heather MacDonald creates a sense of urgency and tension while covering all sides of this issue, but the viewer cannot help comparing Oregon to Germany in the early 1930s. She includes segments of anti-gay films produced by the Alliance, as well as interviews with those who fought its passage. Because of the sizzling passion on both sides of the issue, this captures the emotional turmoil by outraged gays and lesbians as well as the outrageous claims of the religious right. If nothing else, this doc provides irrefutable proof of the power of grassroots organizations, no matter your political view. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Customer Reviews

Everyone should see this film. (2001-05-31)

This is one of the best films I have ever seen. Emotionally charged and terrifyingly true, BALLOT MEASURE 9's greatest achievement is that Heather McDonald deftly connects other marginalized groups to the anti-gay initiative in Oregon, showing how all people are oppressed when one group is singled out for discrimination, no matter what the rationale. I would recommend this film especially to straight people who don't understand what gay men and lesbians are going through all over the country -- quite literally, a fight for our lives. My (straight) parents' attitudes were forever changed by this film and so will you be. BALLOT MEASURE 9 will make you scream with anger in a world full of fear and ignorance, but it will also shout for joy at the hope and love and possibilities revealed in this incredible fight for a real democracy.

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