Freeheld di Oscar 08 

Monday, February 25, 2008

Tahniah atas kejayaan dokumentari Freeheld dalam Anugerah Academy hari ini. Satu lagi kejayaan bagi warga LGBT.




ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Cynthia Wade:
Thank you. It was Lieutenant Laurel Hester's dying wish that her fight for, against discrimination would make a difference for all the same sex couples across the country that face discrimination every day. Discrimination that I don't face as a married woman. Sheila Nevins and HBO for making this film have a broadcast and a home on Cinemax later this year. To my husband Matthew Syrett, who took care of our children and held down a full-time job so that we could make this film. And to our incredible team in New York, thank you so much.

Vanessa Roth:
And to all our supporters and families who believe that even a 38-minute movie could change minds and lives and our children who remind us about what's really important. And to Stacie, who's here tonight, who's really auto mechanic by day but hero in life who always did what was right. And she's here tonight. So thank you so much.

Cynthia Wade:
Thank you.

Vanessa Roth:
Thank you.


ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth.

FILM SYNOPSIS
Facing death from cancer, Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester of the New Jersey Police Department spends the final year of her life fighting a policy that will not allow her to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree.

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