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SHORTS 3: YOU & ME

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FREEHELD

Cynthia Wade, USA, 2007, 38 Minutes
At the center of the equal rights debate, Lt. Laurel Hester is dying of lung cancer and fighting to pass her police pension to her life partner, Stacie Andree. The city explodes with controversy; Laurel only wants to provide for her love—before it’s too late.

I JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY

Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 2006, 10 Minutes
Orange juice ad queen Anita Bryant crusaded against gay civil rights in the 70s, but was important both to the creation of the religious right and to the gay rights movement.

MONSIEUR BORGES AND I

Jasmin Gordon, France, Switzerland, USA, 2006, 23 Minutes
A portrait of an eccentric French professor who dedicated his life to his friend and hero, the literary giant Jorge Luis Borges.



  • Spirit Creative
  • CPB
  • Clean Currents
  • Washington City Paper
  • Quarry House
  • AU Institute for Strategic Communications for Non-Profits