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Exciting news – a new documentary by a friend of mine, Cynthia Wade, who made the amazing HBO doc Shelter Dogs(which I talked about here on TCS back in January 2004 ) has been selected to be shown at the 2007 Sundance film festival!
The movie is Freeheld – and trust me you will be hearing a lot more about it in 2007:
From the Freeheld site:Lieutenant Laurel Hester is dying.Here’s even more scoop on the film from Cynthia:
All she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner - Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their house. Laurel is told no; they are not husband and wife.
After spending a lifetime fighting for justice for other people, Laurel - a veteran New Jersey detective - launches a final battle for justice. Knuckle-biting, dramatic Freeheld chronicles a dying policewoman's bitter fight to provide for the love of her life.The story that I have been following is one of Laurel Hester, the NJ Lieutenant who was denied passing on her EARNED pension benefits to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, because they weren't legally married.During filming Cynthia had consistent, exclusive access with Laurel and Stacie - she was at all the meetings, slept in their home, and lived with them.
Without the pension, Stacie was going to lose their 2-bedroom ranch house in Point Pleasant, which they renovated together (Laurel was the designer and Stacie the builder). Stacie is an auto mechanic. Laurel spent 27 years putting her life on the line for the citizens of New Jersey -- 25 of them for Ocean County, where she solved double homicide and also put a murderer/rapist behind bars.
The 5 Republican Freeholders denied her repeated requests ... but 3 weeks before Laurel died, she won the right to transfer her benefits to Stacie, and thus started a domino effect across NJ and the nation.
This film is going to be a big deal in 2007 – and the Sundance folks know it.
Here is info about Freeheld being chosen for Sundance:So a big Congratulations to Cynthia (and co-producer Matt)! – and everyone make sure you keep an eye out for the film.
- The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT will beFreeheld's WORLD PREMIERE.
- 7,732 In total, feature length & short films were submitted for consideration (4,445 were short films).
- FREEHELD was only one of 8 American short documentaries to be selected, and only one of 12 short documentaries in total.
- Freeheld will screen FIVE times between Friday, January 19th and Saturday, January 27th.
- Below are the 5 times & locations for FREEHELD screenings(they aren't set in stone yet, but will be soon).
- Fri. Jan 19, 8:30 am, Library (448 SEATS)
- Sat. Jan 20, 12:45 pm, Broadway 5, Salt Lake City (238 SEATS)
- Sun. Jan 21, 8:30 pm, Prospector (352 SEATS)
- Tue. Jan 23, 8:30 pm, Holiday II (156 SEATS)
- Sat. Jan 27, 4:00 pm, Holiday IV (164 SEATS)
I've been wanting to talk about this film on TCS for months! Its wonderful to finally mention the film along with such exciting news.
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