8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)

Directors:

Reed Cowan
Steven Greenstreet (co-director)

Writer:

Reed Cowan (written by)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Equality for some

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Mormon | Mormon Church | Proposition | Marriage | California

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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
Kathryn White	...	Herself
Barry Lynn	...	Himself
Liz Towne	...	Herself
Deanna Worthington	...	Herself
Julie Ann Stoddard	...	Herself (as Julie Stoddard)
Darren Curtis	...	Himself
David Berrett Baker	...	Himself (as David Baker)
Millie Watts	...	Herself
Trevor Southey	...	Himself
Gayle Ruzicka	...	Herself
Bruce Barton	...	Himself
Melissa Bird	...	Herself
Bonnie Owens	...	Herself
Miyo	...	Himself
Paul Mero	...	Himself
D. Chris Buttars	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Chris Buttars)
Scott Jenkins	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Waddoups	...	Himself
Troy Williams	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
M. Russell Ballard	...	Himself (archive sound)
L. Whitney Clayton	...	Himself (archive sound)
Quentin L. Cook	...	Himself (archive footage) (archive sound)
Kim Farah	...	Herself / Mormon Church Spokesperson (archive sound)
Debi Hartmann	...	Herself (archive footage)
Gordon Hinckley	...	Himself (archive footage)
Fred Matis	...	Himself (archive sound)
Thomas S. Monson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Barack Obama	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mitt Romney	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Takei	...	Himself (archive footage)
Peter Danzig	...	Himself (uncredited)
Ruben Israel	...	Himself (uncredited)
Mark Leno	...	Himself (uncredited)
Hal Sparks	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Reed Cowan
Steven Greenstreet		(co-director)

Writing credits
Reed Cowan		(written by)

Produced by
Mark Barr	....	associate producer
Bruce Bastian	....	executive producer
Reed Cowan	....	executive producer
Reed Cowan	....	producer
Steven Greenstreet	....	producer
Emily Pearson	....	producer
Christopher Reece-Volz	....	producer (as Chris Volz)
Derrick Shore	....	associate producer
Henry van Ameringen	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Thomas Chase		(as Thomas Chase Jones)

Cinematography by
Reed Cowan
Steven Greenstreet
Christopher Reece-Volz		(as Chris Volz)
Richard Samuels

Film Editing by
Brian Bayerl
Steven Greenstreet
John Paul Kinhart

Art Department
Anna Rodriguez	....	original artwork
Trevor Southey	....	original artwork

Sound Department
Jeniel Braun	....	sound editor
Benjamin L. Brown	....	sound designer (as Benjamin Brown)
Benjamin L. Brown	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Benjamin Brown)
Benjamin L. Brown	....	supervising sound editor (as Benjamin Brown)
Dallas Mercer	....	assistant sound editor
Robin Shore	....	voiceover recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Ankeles	....	still photographer
Mark Barr	....	additional cinematographer
David Daniels	....	still photographer
Marian Eckley	....	additional cinematographer
John Paul Kinhart	....	additional camera
Bernard Pearlman	....	gaffer: second unit
Todd Petersen	....	additional cinematographer (as Todd Peterson)
Toby Quaranta	....	additional cinematographer
Richard Samuels	....	director of conceptual photography
Derrick Shore	....	additional cinematographer

Editorial Department
Stuart Smith	....	colorist

Music Department
Suzi Civita	....	music co-producer
Benjamin L. Brown	....	music scoring mixer (uncredited)

Other crew
Brendan Biondi	....	production assistant
Emily Biondi	....	production assistant
Whitney King	....	production assistant
Anne Stulz	....	publicist
Ted F. Gerdes	....	legal counsel (uncredited)
David Magdael	....	publicist (uncredited)
Steven Wallace	....	film publicist (uncredited)

Thanks
Nicholas Greer	....	special thanks (as Nick Greer)
Dennis Herrera	....	special thanks
David Magdael	....	special thanks (as Dave Magdael)
Linda Williams Stay	....	very special thanks (as Linda Stay)

Production Companies

• David v. Goliath Films

Distributors

• Red Flag Releasing (RFR) (2010) (Canada) (all media)
• Red Flag Releasing (RFR) (2010) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Cerebral Lounge  post-production finishing
• Jones Studio Services  post-production finishing

MPAA:

Rated R for some language/sexual references

Runtime:

USA:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46138)

Company:

David v. Goliath Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: The film states "There was a meeting held by Church President Gordon Hinckley at his estate in Hawaii where one of the Catholic cardinals came out." President Hinckley never owned an estate in Hawaii or anywhere else.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Salt/Ramona and Beezus/Summer Doc Round-Up (#2.26)" (2010)

When history is clear enough to see the damage we have done, we will weep.

The time for good men and women to stand up and be counted in the fight for humans rights has been heard over and over again throughout the world. The fight for Jews in Nazi Germany, for African Americans in the United States, and for women here and throughout the world goes on. The front lines of the battle now in this country is for full and complete rights for gays and lesbians.

The church, in all it's various names and forms, have been seen throughout history as one of the largest groups either ignoring those whose rights were being violated, or have been complicit in the violations. Here, in this film, we see the Mormon Church joining with the Catholic Church to raise millions to fight against human rights for gays and lesbians in California.

This spectacular documentary shows how these churches hid behind a shell group to fight Proposition 8.

The hate messages of the Mormon faithful was obvious. The church spread their lies, and the sheep just followed.

The worst abuses by the Mormon Church are too horrific to comment on. You have to see the film to understand the cruelty of this so-called religion. They are no different today as the Catholic Church was in the 16th Century.

The bottom line is that the Mormon Church will see that their $22 million spent to spread hate will be money wasted.