Serving in Secret: Love, Country and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
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- Directed by: Jonathan T. Baker
- Released: 2024 (educational)
- Year of Production: 2023
Running Time: 40 min
Language: English
Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions
Subjects: Queer Studies, Gender & Sexuality
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In 1970, Tom Carpenter graduated from the Naval Academy ready to follow his family’s lineage in the military as a US Marine Corps attack pilot. Then he met Courtland Hirschi. Tom and Court fell deeply in love, keeping their illicit relationship a secret. At that time, homosexuality – if discovered – resulted in being kicked out of the military with a dishonorable discharge, a court martial, jail time, or worse… Tom and Court’s story would be no exception. ‘Serving in Secret’ features leading voices in politics, historians, civil rights activists, and retired military personnel telling the story of LGBTQ discrimination in the military, and the controversial compromise known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Tom’s work towards its repeal along with many others was the Turning Point for LGBTQ+ rights, a fight that continues today.
NBC Original
About the filmmaker
Jonathan T. Baker is a two-time Emmy-nominated producer, artist, and coach. With his business partner Nnamdi Asomugha under their banner iAm21 Entertainment, he most recently produced the Amazon Studios’ jazz-era feature Sylvie's Love starring Tessa Thompson, Eva Longoria, and Nnamdi Asomugha, which premiered at Sundance 2020 and received a Primetime Emmy nomination. They also produced the Apple feature film The Banker, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, and Nicholas Hoult, directed by George Nolfi. JB is also the filmmaker behind the viral cult musical satire Manifest Destiny Down: Spacetime.
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