HSDFF 2009 Film List

Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics On Trial

SCREENING: THURSDAY, OCT. 22 @ 7:20PM

USA / 29 min / 2009

Jonathan Joiner / Robert Martin

In 1982, an athletic group tries to hold a Gay Olympics, instigating what will ultimately

become a battle at the U.S. Supreme Court and a challenge over the place

of gays and lesbians in American society. The half-hour film reveals the inner

workings of the Supreme Court during one of the most contentious periods in

its 50-year history tackling gay rights issues. Drawing on private correspondence

from within the Court during the Gay Olympics case, the film reveals a Court struggling

over the comparison of discrimination against gays with that toward blacks

— anticipating by more than 20 years a controversial issue that erupted during the

recent battle over California’s Proposition 8.
 

www.claimingthetitle.com
 

Awards:

• Palm Springs Intl. ShortFest (Audience Award Best Documentary) 2009
• Frameline LGBT Film Festival 2009

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