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1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 min.) |
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Playlist: Ballot Measure 9 (01:12:00) -- Through the eyes of the filmmakers- essential commentary (01:12:15) |
Summary |
Ballot Measure 9 is the starting point for dialogue about the democratic process, offering a valuable window to discussions about the health of the society in which we live. The Sundance-winning feature is a chilling chronicle of an historic gay-rights battle in Oregon. As the anti-gay violence escalates, the film evolves into an expose of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion, and sexual identity. As the polarizing issue of gay marriage re-invigorates these cultural wars of the last decade today, this classic documentary resonates as strongly as ever. Director Heather Lyn MacDonald ducks behind the headlines to bare the passions and strategies that drove both sides. Culled from hundreds of hours of material shot over the nine months leading to the election, Ballot Measure 9 tells a story of driving urgency. The chasms that divide the country today keep Ballot Measure 9 relevant to a new generation of citizens |
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Documentary-style films |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally produced by Toots Crackin Productions in 1995 |
Credits |
Camera, Ellen Hansen [and others] ; editors, Heather Lyn MacDonald, B.B. Johnson ; original music written and performed by Julian Dylan Russell |
Cast |
Donna Redwing, Kathleen Saadat |
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Closed-captioned |
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In English |
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Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award; Berlin Film Festival, Teddy Bear; Outfest, Grand Jury Prize |
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Gay people -- Oregon -- Social conditions
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Gay rights -- Oregon
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Gay people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Oregon
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Oregon
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Elections -- Oregon
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Gay liberation movement -- Oregon
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Homophobia -- Oregon
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Referendum -- Oregon
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Gay and lesbian studies.
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Sociology.
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Sociology
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sociology.
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Referendum
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Politics and government
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation
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Homophobia
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Gays -- Social conditions
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Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Gay rights
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Gay liberation movement
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Elections
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Gay and lesbian studies
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Sociology
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SUBJECT |
Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095437
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Oregon
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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Author |
MacDonald, Heather (Heather Lyn), producer, director.
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Hansen, Ellen, cinematographer
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Johnson, B. B., film editor
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Russell, Julian Dylan, composer
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Redwing, Donna, on-screen participant
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Saadat, Kathleen, on-screen participant
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Collective Eye (Organization), distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
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Toots Crackin Productions, production company.
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