Freeheld Trailer

From http://www.freeheld.com:

Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester spent 25 years investigating tough cases in Ocean County, New Jersey, protecting the rights of victims and putting her life on the line. She had no reason to expect that in the last year of her life, after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer, that her final battle for justice would be for the woman she loved.

The documentary film "Freeheld" chronicles Laurel's struggle to transfer her earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree. With less than six months to live, Laurel refuses to back down when her elected officials - the Ocean County Freeholders -deny her request to leave her pension to Stacie, an automatic option for heterosexual married couples. The film is structured chronologically, following both the escalation of Laurel's battle with the Freeholders and the decline of her health as cancer spreads to her brain.

As Laurel's plight intensifies, it spurs a media frenzy and a passionate advocacy campaign. At the same time, "Freeheld" captures a quieter, personal story: that of the deep love between Laurel and Stacie as they face the reality of losing each other. Alternating from packed public demonstrations at the county courthouse to quiet, tender moments of Laurel and Stacie at home, "Freeheld" combines tension-filled political drama with personal detail, creating a nuanced study of a grassroots fight for justice.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Freeheld
• Laurel
• Hester
• Ocean
• County
• Stacie
• Andree

[sillykali456]

This is amazing! I have lesbian parents and one of my mom's actually has cancer...

SUPPORT GAY AND LESBIAN MARRIAGE!

[lantariz]

Yes I do. I want more children to be in loving homes and less children on shelters and on the streets. I want more children to have parents, period. Who cares if those parents are both male, or both female, or male and female, or just on single parent.

[sinereii]

@blomstersenter i have no idea if you are serious but if you are, o my goood! you act as if you're 2 years old! there's nothing like beeing illegal if you're lesbian or gay!! and there's nothing like a christian country. u r a fucking idiot! i don't know if its just america (i'm eropean) or if the churchs or the people or the schools u have over there, but you're really fucked up. REALLY.

[ajudaaduja]

@chrisl692002 it's about sex

[auriciangelescu]

It is amazing how long it takes, but.... it gets better.

[jazzballetdancer]

@blomstersenter this isnt a christian country this is a country of all religions and no religions. this is a country of freedom and everyone in this country deserves freedom; including homosexuals. straight and homosexual humans are built the exact same way. they all have hearts, they all have brains, they all have lungs; there is no difference between the people. why should it matter what lifestyle one wants to take on? its their choice.

[blomstersenter]

This makes me so angry being lesbian or homosexual is illegal and now they are starting to claim rights. This is a christian country.

[tatugirl676]

:'( this is sad :(

[Suel14]

can't wait for the movie version !! Ellen Page will sure make a good role on this as Stacie

[ivna26]

what happend later? I am going to search on net ..but I have this need to ask.