Overview
On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of same-sex couples to marry. On May 26, 2009, with Canadian allies, gay American families rally at a Vancouver demonstration to protest these amendments that persecute the LGBTQ community. Demonstration organizer Roger Chin relays the California Supreme Court's infamous decision on Prop 8. Subsequent speakers talk about couples living in exile. Weaving elements of public protest and intimate interviews, four families share their stories of how they met, their decision to escape to freedom in Canada, their Canadian experience and their dreams of returning to their home country, family and friends. In the end, the organizer celebrates the freedoms to marry that exists in Canada.
Director and cast
- Jim VanDeventer Director
- Roger Chin as himself - protest organizer
- Carl Meadows as himself - protest speaker
- Donald Lim as himself - love exile
- Steven Rowe as himself - love exile
- Michael Smith as himself - love exile
- Paul Holzapfel as himself - love exile
- Terry Frost as herself - love exile
- Kenzie Frost as herself - love exile
- Catherine Frost as herself - love exile
- Richard Dalton as himself - love exile
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