Ballot Measure 9

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• Directed by: Heather MacDonald
• Produced by: Heather MacDonald

For educators, Ballot Measure 9 is the starting point for dialogue about the democratic process, offering a valuable window to discussions about the health of the society in which we live.

As the polarizing issue of gay marriage re-invigorates the “cultural wars” of the last decade, this classic documentary resonates as strongly as ever. Director Heather Lyn MacDonald ducks behind the headlines to bare the passions and strategies that drove both sides. Culled from hundreds of hours of material shot over the nine months leading to the election, Ballot Measure 9 tells a story of driving urgency. As the level of violence escalates, the documentary acquires the tension and suspense of a fiction film.

The ballot initiative Measure 9 was intended to revoke and prevent any civil rights protections for homosexuals and to mandate that schools teach that homosexuality is "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse.” Statewide, a virulent discourse resulted, and in this climate came the inevitable rise of anti-gay harassment, physical attacks and murder. The bias crimes unit tracked a 500% in anti-gay violence in Oregon that year.

The chasms that divide the country today keep BALLOT MEASURE 9 relevant to a new generation of citizens.

BONUS FEATURES:
• 40 Minute Bonus documentary with leading figures of the original film COMMENTARY with the Director and guests Donna Red Wing and Kathleen Saadat Bonus Scenes