Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9
Ballot Measure 9

Ballot Measure 9

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

    Released: 1995
    Running Time: 72 min
    Subjects: Gender & Sexuality Studies, Feminism

    “A far-ranging exposé of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion and sexual identity.  (B. Ruby Rich)

     

    BALLOT MEASURE 9 is the chilling true story of the unprecedented violence unleashed by an anti-gay campaign in Oregon, when activists slept with guns under their beds and had full-time police protection. 

     

    Winner of jury and audience awards internationally, Sundance-winner BALLOT MEASURE 9 offers terrifying inside views of the struggle state-wide. Inflammatory rhetoric led to a surge in anti-gay harassment, physical attacks and even murder. Activists feared for their lives, families were torn apart, neighbor set against neighbor. Director MacDonald ducks behind the headlines to bare the passions and strategies that drove both sides, telling a story of driving urgency. As the violence escalates, the documentary acquires the tension and suspense of a fiction film.

     

    The chasms that tear this country are no less divisive today. The film's vivid illustration of both the politics of intolerance and a successful broad-based civil rights campaign remain instructive for a new generation of voters and educators, placing in context the long road to equal rights. "This just might be the next training manual on how to rescue the soul of America." (B.Ruby Rich)


    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

    Awards

    • Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award
    • National Educational Film Festival – Silver Apple
    • Berlin Film Festival – Teddy Bear
    • Edinburgh Film Festival – Best of the Fest 0
    • Los Angeles Outfest – Grand Jury Prize
    • Denver Int’l Film Festival – People's Choice Award
    • GLAAD Media Award – Best Documentary

    Quotes

    “A pivotal teaching tool…. Student comments after viewing this film have been striking for the level of critical self-reflection it inspires. They come away having learned a valuable and important history lesson, and with a heightened sense of responsibility and awareness of the subtle forms of intolerance in which they themselves have participated.” - Professor Douglas P. St. Christian, Dep’t of Anthropology, McMaster University

    “A far-ranging expose of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion and sexual identity, this might be the next training manual on how to rescue the soul of America.” - B. Ruby Rich

    “A picture to make you scream.” - The Nation

    “One of the year’s outstanding documentaries.” - Seattle Times

    “Easily one of the best movies of the year...positively simmers.” - Los Angeles Weekly

    “Riveting...emotionally sizzling.” - San Francisco Chronicle

    “Shocking” – Toronto Globe & Mail

    “Unnerving.” – New Yorker

    “Hair raising horror film.” - Oregonian

    “Burns with energy” – Bay Area Reporter

    “Chilling and suspenseful” - New York Post

    “Gutsy...powerful” – Minneapolis Star Tribune

    “Splendid...breathlessly paced” – NY Newsday

    “Cuts to the heart of the current political climate…galvanizing.” - New York Times

    “Infuriating, inspiring and deeply depressing, this documentary is mandatory viewing for those who are still fighting to make America a true democracy.” – Los Angeles Weekly

    “A far-ranging exposé of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion and sexual identity, this might be the next training manual on how to rescue the soul of America.” - B. Ruby Rich

    “An eye-opening and chilling portrayal of the epidemic of racial and anti-gay hatred.” – Toronto Globe & Mail

    “Ballot Measure 9 is a great tool for illustrating the influence of stereotypes and prejudice on behavior that threatens the civil liberties of all people.  It stimulates provocative discussion and gets students thinking about issues of social justice in their own lives.  I have found it to be an indispensable part of my curriculum.” - Dr. Laurie Rudman, Dep’t of Social Psychology, Rutgers University

    "A picture to make you scream" – The Nation

    “Mandatory viewing for those who are still fighting to make America a true democracy.” – Los Angeles Weekly

    “A chilling portrayal of the epidemic of racial and anti-gay hatred.” – Toronto Globe & Mail

    “Incisive and galvanizing.”  – New York Time