Red Flag Releasing, a new independent distributors will open the documentary "8: The Mormon Proposition" in theaters as well as On Demand cable and digital download channels on June 18th.
Reed Cowan’s documentary is narrated by Dustin Lance Black (Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "Milk") and recounts the Mormon Church's involvement in the campaign on behalf of California's Proposition 8 which banned same-sex marriage in the state.
Theaters to receive the film are New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, Houston and Honolulu.
Cowan produced with co-director Steven Greenstreet, Chris Volz and Emily Pearson for David V. Goliath Productions. Paul Federbush, Laura Kim and Ron Stein recently launched Red Flag.
The plot:
In 2009, thousands of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender (LGBT) citizens were denied almost 200 civil rights their straight, married counterparts enjoy through civil marriage with only some states signaling some progress.
But amid the progress, political experts featured in the feature documentary film 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION (8:TMP) say the Mormon Church, using front groups, has been coordinating, financing and leading the effort to stop the advancement of marriage equality for more than three decades.
Fred Karger, who is a key player in 8: TMP says as an organization worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the Mormon Church has been able to wage this war largely in secret. Saying: “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: TMP 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:TMP makes these efforts a matter of record and challenges its audience to demand more of government officials in requiring religions more transparency in their efforts to influence public policy.
Emmy Award® winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Reed Cowan was raised as a Mormon in Utah and was a door-to-door evangelist for the Mormon Church. His access to high level Mormons & Mormon communications on the matter, coupled with his status as a gay man has provided a compelling
