Wicked Queer 34
US PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
THROWBACK FROM
2017
To A More Perfect Union
US v Windsor
Sunday
Apr 1
@
3:00 pm
Wicked Queer 34
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
To A More Perfect Union
US v Windsor
Sunday
,
Apr 1
@
3:00 pm
Wicked Queer 34
US PREMIERE
WORLD PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
To A More Perfect Union
US v Windsor
Sunday
Apr 1
@
3:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
With
in person.
To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor is a feature-length documentary that tells a story of love, marriage and a fight for equality. The film chronicles unlikely heroes -- octogenarian Edie Windsor and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, on their quest for justice: Edie had been forced to pay a huge estate tax bill upon the death of her spouse because the federal government denied federal benefits to same-sex couples – and Edie’s spouse was a woman. Deeply offended by this lack of recognition of her more than forty-year relationship with the love of her life, Edie decided to sue the United States government – and won. Windsor and Kaplan’s legal and personal journeys are told in their own words, and through interviews with others of the legal team, movement activists, legal analysts, well-known supporters and opponents. Beyond the story of this pivotal case in the marriage equality movement and the stories behind it, the film also tells the story of our journey as a people, as a culture, and as citizens with equal rights.
Content warning:
To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor is a feature-length documentary that tells a story of love, marriage and a fight for equality. The film chronicles unlikely heroes -- octogenarian Edie Windsor and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, on their quest for justice: Edie had been forced to pay a huge estate tax bill upon the death of her spouse because the federal government denied federal benefits to same-sex couples – and Edie’s spouse was a woman. Deeply offended by this lack of recognition of her more than forty-year relationship with the love of her life, Edie decided to sue the United States government – and won. Windsor and Kaplan’s legal and personal journeys are told in their own words, and through interviews with others of the legal team, movement activists, legal analysts, well-known supporters and opponents. Beyond the story of this pivotal case in the marriage equality movement and the stories behind it, the film also tells the story of our journey as a people, as a culture, and as citizens with equal rights.
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Presented with...
Program includes...
This short film program includes the following films:
When the World Changed
33
min
Content warning:
In 1980s Boston, three lesbians - a nurse, a civil rights lawyer, and a therapist - found themselves on the front lines of the AIDS crisis. As the number of cases and deaths mounted, these women fought against the stigma and discrimination faced by people with AIDS and brought comfort and dignity to those caught in the epidemic.
DIRECTOR
Anderson Clark
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English
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