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THE CASE AGAINST 8 Screens Sunday at QFest St. Louis
QFest St. Louis which begins this weekend, will screen the documentary THE CASE AGAINST 8 at 3:30pm Sunday April 27th.
QFest St. Louis, the annual gay and Lesbian Film Festival presented by Cinema St. Louis, kicks off this Sunday, April 27th. It runs through May 1st and all films will be screened at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, MO)
QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people and celebrate queer culture. The 2014 event features an eclectic slate of contemporary LGBTQ-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Tickets are now on sale for all shows.
THE CASE AGAINST 8 at 3:30pm Sunday April 27th
This compelling documentary THE CASE AGAINST 8 – which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival – provides 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 tells the story of the plaintiffs, two gay couples who find their families at the center of the same-sex-marriage controversy. Five years in the making, “The Case Against 8” follows the story of the first federal marriage-equality lawsuit all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Even though the outcome is known, viewers will still be on the edge of their seats before the final decision comes down.
THE CASE AGAINST 8 is directed Ben Cotner & Ryan White
The film is followed by a discussion with ACLU of Missouri legal director Tony Rothert, HRC St. Louis Political Chair, Matthew Voorhees, and PROMO Executive Director A.J. Bockelman.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER says of THE CASE AGAINST 8:
“We may know where it ends, but the film’s methodical focus makes the journey there a momentous and moving one.”
Katherin Kilkenny of Indiewire says THE CASE AGAINST 8:
“pulls at the heartstrings without ever coming off as propaganda due to their propensity to let the evidence speak for itself.”
Alexandra Heeney at The Stanford Journal says:
“The film is effective at taking us on their emotional journey.”
A Facebook event page for the screening can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/625719374150261/
For a complete schedule of the QFest film’s visit Cinema St. Louis’ QFest page HERE
http://www.cinemastlouis.org/qfest
Contact artistic director Chris Clark for additional details or questions: chris@cinemastlouis.org or 314.289.4152.
Check back here at We Are Movie Geeks for much more coverage of this year’s QFest
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