
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.
Top Cast
Roger Chin
himself - protest organizer
Carl Meadows
himself - protest speaker
Donald Lim
himself - love exile
Steven Rowe
himself - love exile
Michael Smith
himself - love exile
Paul Holzapfel
himself - love exile
Terry Frost
Self - love exile
Kenzie Frost
herself - love exile
Catherine Frost
herself - love exile
Richard Dalton
himself - love exile
Luis Grisales
himself - love exile
Jim VanDeventer
himself - filmmaker
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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