COME SEE SCREENING AND PANEL ABOUT PROVOCATIVE DOCUMENTARY "MORMON 8"
Rodney Nickens
You are cordially invited to a riveting and evoking screening of Mormon 8 which will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q & A, this Sunday at Antioch University Los Angeles at 3pm.
Please see the flyer for all the details, including parking and panel speakers.
8: The Mormon Proposition
A film by Reed Cowan
Narrated by Dustin Lance Black
Sunday, November 7
3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
(movie begins promptly at 3:15 p.m.)
Antioch University of Los Angeles
400 Corporate Pointe
Culver City, CA 90230
Room A1000
Metered street parking is available. AULA will provide parking cards for a reduced rate of $7 (cash only)
at the Campus Services desk, for parking in the 400 Corporate Pointe garage.
This documentary exposes a decades-long campaign against gay rights. An official selection at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, 8: The Mormon Proposition has been called “outstanding and urgent” (LA Times) and an “audacious look at the Church’s role in the gay-marriage ban” (Washington Post.) The screening and refreshments will be followed by an active discussion and Q&A.
Featured Speakers
· James Gilliam, Deputy Executive Director, ACLU of Southern California
· Samuel Chu, Executive Director, California Faith for Equality
· Lauren Costine, PhD, LGBT Specialization Associate Faculty (AULA)
Moderated by Amy Lyons, Journalist
Please RSVP or learn more at friendsfo...@gmail.com
Donations are welcome, and contributions (cash or checks) raised at the event will be distributed among the ACLU, California Faith for Equality, and The LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology at AULA.
Please note, this film is rated R, and has a run time of 78 minutes.
An attachment of the flyer is also available above. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Affirmatively,
LGBT Specialization
Rodney K. Nickens, Jr.
Jordan/Rustin Coalition
Community Organizer
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