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Documentary that examines how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bostic, Kathryn (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Independent Television Service (sponsoring body.), JustFilms (Firm) (sponsoring body.), Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm) (sponsoring body.), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors:	Richen, Yoruba (Screenwriter), Casper, Erin (Screenwriter), Taylor-Hughes, Karess (interviewee (expression)), Hallgren, Nadia (director of photography.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English, with optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Published:	[San Francisco] : California Newsreel, [2013]
Subjects:	African American gay people. Homophobia > United States. Gay rights > United States. African American churches. African Americans > Attitudes. Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity. Personnes homosexuelles noires américaines. Homosexuels > Droits > États-Unis. Églises noires américaines. Noirs américains > Attitudes. Homosexualité > Aspect religieux > Christianisme. African American gays. Gay rights. Homophobia. United States. Webcast Documentaries and Factual Films Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Internet videos. Nonfiction films. Vidéos sur Internet. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Documentary that examines how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar -- the black church -- and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda.
Item Description:	"Funded by The Ford Foundation ... ITVS ; Corporation for Public Broadcasting"--Container.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file ( 54 min.)) : digital, sound, color
Playing Time:	01:15:00
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards:	Won 2013 AFI Docs Festival Audience Award, Feature Documentary Won 2014 Black Reel Awards, Outstanding Independent Documentary Won 2013 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award, Best Documentary
Production Credits:	Camera, Nadia Hallgren, Garland McLaurin ; editors, Ali Muney. Erin Casper ; original score, Kathryn Bostic.