Eddie Rosenstein’s latest, “The Freedom to Marry” follows one of the greatest civil rights stories of our time as it chronicles the marriage equality movement throughout its ongoing campaign to win the right to same-sex marriage in the United States.
The film picks up with a number of key figures, including Evan Wolfson (known to many as the architect of the marriage movement) attorney Mary Bonauto, and other members of their team as they make their way through a decades-long battle. It all ends with a dramatic turn at the United States Supreme Court, capping off an inspiring and insightful look at one of history’s most important fights for justice.
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On the heels of its spring theatrical run, the film will now be available digitally this month, all timed to national Lgbt pride celebrations this summer.
The film picks up with a number of key figures, including Evan Wolfson (known to many as the architect of the marriage movement) attorney Mary Bonauto, and other members of their team as they make their way through a decades-long battle. It all ends with a dramatic turn at the United States Supreme Court, capping off an inspiring and insightful look at one of history’s most important fights for justice.
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On the heels of its spring theatrical run, the film will now be available digitally this month, all timed to national Lgbt pride celebrations this summer.
- 6/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Evan Wolfson, "the Paul Revere of gay marriage," makes a sympathetic hero in The Freedom to Marry, Eddie Rosenstein's modest account of the anything-but-modest campaign for that most impressive of gay rights. The right to marry was one many of Wolfson's contemporaries seemingly could not have imagined. And though this film arrives at a time when same-sex marriage is not just imaginable but nearly ho-hum — a fight won an eternity ago, as viewed through the perspective-distortion-field created by the current U.S. regime — this contribution to the history of the fight will be welcomed by those most affected by...
- 3/10/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The days until the case for same sex marriage hit the Supreme Court were full of nerves, doubt and drive, as seen in The Hollywood Reporter's exclusive clip of Freedom to Marry.
Directed by Eddie Rosenstein, the documentary follows the behind-the-scenes story of the historic civil rights movement and the campaign to win same sex marriage throughout the United States.
"I wish I had tons of time to prepare for this," says civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto in the clip. "I appreciate people saying to me, 'Mary, you've been doing this for 20 years, you've got this.' That's true, but...
Directed by Eddie Rosenstein, the documentary follows the behind-the-scenes story of the historic civil rights movement and the campaign to win same sex marriage throughout the United States.
"I wish I had tons of time to prepare for this," says civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto in the clip. "I appreciate people saying to me, 'Mary, you've been doing this for 20 years, you've got this.' That's true, but...
- 3/8/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Title: The Freedom the Marry Director: Eddie Rosenstein Starring: Evan Wolfson (Founder/President, Freedom to Marry), Mary Bonauto (Civil Rights Attorney, Glad) and Marc Solomon (National Campaign Director, Freedom to Marry) Finding the love of their life can become a daunting task for many people, as they must search for someone who truly understands and accepts […]
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- 3/3/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Eddie Rosenstein’s documentary “The Freedom to Marry” can be seen as a feel-good movie for a feel-bad time. It documents the struggle for gay people to marry as viewed mainly through the story of Evan Wolfson, an attorney who has made marriage equality his life’s work. This is a glib film that moves very fast through time — and it begins badly — but, as they say, it gets better. Or somewhat better. “The Freedom to Marry” was actually the title of the organization that Wolfson founded to advance marriage equality. We see him at his office in 2015 during the.
- 2/28/2017
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
A fine lead-in to The Los Angeles Yiddish Film Festival -- which starts Saturday at Laemmle's Music Hall and Encino Town Center cinemas -- "A Tickle in the Heart" is a first-rate documentary about the Epstein brothers, American klezmer musicians who together and individually have had remarkable careers. The German production -- in English and Yiddish with English subtitles -- will delight its target audience as well as discerning gentile viewers.
The third feature in Laemmle's Jewish Cinema Series at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills, "A Tickle in the Heart" continues indefinitely with Saturday-Sunday morning screenings at the Sunset 5. Directed by Swiss documentarian Stefan Schwietert, the generally upbeat profile of the three Epstein brothers -- Max, Willie and Julie -- includes many performances of joyous and sentimental Yiddish music and is superbly filmed in black and white.
Now living in a retirement community in Tamarac, Fla., the Epsteins were once a quartet (one brother passed away) and they played countless weddings and bar mitzvahs in New York circa the 1950s-70s. Born to Polish immigrants living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the brothers were encouraged to become musicians.
With oldest Max on clarinet ("I play the way I would tell a story"), Willie on trumpet and Julie on drums, the Epsteins are joined on stage and in the recording studio by a piano player and bassist.
Using cinema verite, the filmmakers revel in the soulful, festive atmosphere of concerts and group gatherings, and successfully capture the personalities and lifestyles of the aging-but-amazingly-active Epsteins. There's not much material that's unrelated to klezmer and there's nary a sour note played by the three leads except for flashes of temper and stubbornness.
For the brothers, playing klezmer music is both a vocation and avocation. On the road in Germany, New York and Florida, the Epsteins ride a lot of trains and win over diverse audiences, including a wonderful sing-along sequence with a reluctant crowd unfamiliar with Yiddish songs.
It may be a "lazy man's business," but the group only makes hundreds of dollars a gig and only recently began recording their music. The constant social interaction and central role they play in a proud culture, however, are more than enough rewards for a lifetime of bringing happiness to strangers, even when they themselves have no idea why non-Jewish people find their music so invigorating and vital.
A TICKLE IN THE HEART
Kino International
zero film
Neapel Film
Director Stefan Schwietert
Producers Edward Rosenstein,
Martin Hagemann, Thomas Kufus
Director of photography Robert Richman
Editor Arpad Bondy
Music The Epstein Brothers
Black and white/stereo
With: Max Epstein, Willie Epstein Julie Epstein, Peter Solokow, Pat Merola
Running time -- 84 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The third feature in Laemmle's Jewish Cinema Series at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills, "A Tickle in the Heart" continues indefinitely with Saturday-Sunday morning screenings at the Sunset 5. Directed by Swiss documentarian Stefan Schwietert, the generally upbeat profile of the three Epstein brothers -- Max, Willie and Julie -- includes many performances of joyous and sentimental Yiddish music and is superbly filmed in black and white.
Now living in a retirement community in Tamarac, Fla., the Epsteins were once a quartet (one brother passed away) and they played countless weddings and bar mitzvahs in New York circa the 1950s-70s. Born to Polish immigrants living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the brothers were encouraged to become musicians.
With oldest Max on clarinet ("I play the way I would tell a story"), Willie on trumpet and Julie on drums, the Epsteins are joined on stage and in the recording studio by a piano player and bassist.
Using cinema verite, the filmmakers revel in the soulful, festive atmosphere of concerts and group gatherings, and successfully capture the personalities and lifestyles of the aging-but-amazingly-active Epsteins. There's not much material that's unrelated to klezmer and there's nary a sour note played by the three leads except for flashes of temper and stubbornness.
For the brothers, playing klezmer music is both a vocation and avocation. On the road in Germany, New York and Florida, the Epsteins ride a lot of trains and win over diverse audiences, including a wonderful sing-along sequence with a reluctant crowd unfamiliar with Yiddish songs.
It may be a "lazy man's business," but the group only makes hundreds of dollars a gig and only recently began recording their music. The constant social interaction and central role they play in a proud culture, however, are more than enough rewards for a lifetime of bringing happiness to strangers, even when they themselves have no idea why non-Jewish people find their music so invigorating and vital.
A TICKLE IN THE HEART
Kino International
zero film
Neapel Film
Director Stefan Schwietert
Producers Edward Rosenstein,
Martin Hagemann, Thomas Kufus
Director of photography Robert Richman
Editor Arpad Bondy
Music The Epstein Brothers
Black and white/stereo
With: Max Epstein, Willie Epstein Julie Epstein, Peter Solokow, Pat Merola
Running time -- 84 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/16/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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