8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)

A scorching indictment of the Mormon Church's historic involvement in the promotion & passage of California's Proposition 8 and the Mormon religion's secretive, decades-long campaign against LGBT human rights.

Directors:

Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet

Writer:

Reed Cowan

Stars:

Spencer Jones, Tyler Barrick, Dustin Lance Black

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Spencer Jones	...	Himself
Tyler Barrick	...	Himself
Dustin Lance Black	...	Narrator
Linda Williams Stay	...	Herself (as Linda Stay)
Kate Kendell	...	Herself
David Melson	...	Himself
Dennis Herrera	...	Himself
Fred Karger	...	Himself
Carol Lynn Pearson	...	Herself
Emily Pearson	...	Herself
Gavin Newsom	...	Himself
Mike Nelson	...	Himself
Chip White	...	Himself
George Cole	...	Himself
Rocky Anderson	...	Himself

Storyline

In 2009, thousands of LGBT citizens are denied almost 200 civil rights their straight, married counterparts enjoy through civil marriage. Some states have signaled progress. But amid the progress, The Mormon Church, with its front-group THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE, has been coordinating, financing and leading the effort to stop the advancement of marriage equality for more than three decades. As an organization worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the Mormon Church has been able to wage this war in secret. Not until the California Fair Political Practices Commission launched an investigation into the Mormon's involvement in Proposition 8, did the secrets of the Mormon effort become a matter of record. Through never-before seen documents, recordings & insider-interviews, 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION, exposes the efforts of the Mormon Church and its members to halt nearly every piece of LGBT legislation on the desks of lawmakers from Hawaii to New York. 8: THE MORMON ...

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Plot Keywords:

mormon | mormon church | proposition | marriage | california | 

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Taglines:

Equality for some

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language/sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 2010 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$14,093 (USA) (25 June 2010)

Gross:

$99,851 (USA) (16 July 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

David v. Goliath Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The film mentions that gay children "can't have children biologically". Nothing biological stops a homosexual from reproducing.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Salt/Ramona and Beezus/Summer Doc Round-Up (2010)

User Reviews

Spread love, not hate

I rarely take the time to actually write a review for a movie, but seeing as there are few, it is necessary. First of all, I wouldn't consider this a "hate" film, as previously stated. This is a film about denial of basic human rights and the out-of-state religious organization that donated millions of dollars to put an end to those rights. In fact, more than getting a sense of hatred towards Mormons, the documentary gave me a sense of sadness for the many gay Mormon teens that were driven to suicide or the Mormon families that were forced to donate upwards of $50,000- their whole livelihood- to a campaign so that they would not lose their membership to their church.

But more than anything, this film gave me a strange sense of hope. Sure, Proposition 8 passed. But seeing all of the happy marriages and learning that basically the only reason it did pass was because of the LDS Church gives me hope for a future of equality. I'm happy to live in a state that believes in human rights (MA) and I hope that movement will spread. Nothing will make you believe in gay marriage like Tyler Barrick and Spencer Jones (interviewed in the film). Like Tyler said, "it's simple- this is just love." This film will make you want to fight for that.