Prop 8 film prompts promises of boycotts, protests

[The Straight Story]

Prop 8 film prompts promises of boycotts, protests
By Nancy Van Valkenburg (Standard-Examiner staff)



At 2 p.m. Thursday, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced that former Utah newsman Reed Cowan would bring his new documentary to the elite festival.

By 5 p.m. Thursday, Cowan learned religious and anti-gay activists were organizing, discussing online whether they should gather at Park City to show their angry opposition to the screening.

Cowan's film is "8: The Mormon Proposition." It is described on the Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com, as "a scorching indictment of the Mormon Church's historic involvement in the promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8," the proposition that banned same-sex marriage in California.

"I know that it's going to be protested," Cowan said in an e-mail interview from his home base in Florida.

"I just got forwarded a blog threatening boycotts and protests. ... I can tell you thousands of gay-rights leaders from all over the country are going to be marching in counterpoint to the other marches."

http://www.standard.net/topics/features/2009/12/03/prop-8-film-prompts-promises-boycotts-protests

[sakabatou]

1. More reason to see it

[bluestateguy]

2. A bunch of polygamists promoting the sanctity of marriage

nt

[Jamastiene]

6. Correction:

A bunch of pedophile polygamists promoting the sanctity of marriage

[WeDidIt]

3. Shine the light of truth on the cockroaches who pushed this vile and hateful amendment. n/t

[cliffordu]

4. Yep. Perfect.

[Nikki Stone1]

5. This needs to be sent out further than Sundance.

We all need to see exactly how these vicious bastards work.

[izquierdista]

7. Sundance?

WTF is that? How about some respected film festival, like the Palm Springs International Film Festival http://www.psfilmfest.org/index.aspx ? I can pretty much guarantee the film will be well received there.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. Sundance is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival

[izquierdista]

11. Largest?

I can see you copied that from Wikipedia, but the Palm Springs film festival runs longer and shows more films. I suspect that after their homophobia is well publicized, Sundance will have even more difficulty backing their boast.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Yes, I copied that

I knew Sundance was big and important, but until I read that Wikipedia article, I didn't realize it was that big. Apart from the question of how to properly measure the size, exposure at Sundance seems to be a huge factor in how well a film does. It's nothing to be dismissed.

I hope the film in question gets shown at other important festivals, including Palm Springs, as well, and goes on to have an impact. (I have to admit I've never heard of the Palm Springs festival, but I know nothing about the world of film festivals, and I'll take your word for its size and importance.)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. You'd think they'd be PROUD of that. -nt

[HughMoran]

9. Shiv in the back and run

cowards these Mormons are.