8: The Mormon Proposition

Release Date: June 18th, 2010
Starring: Rocky Mayor Anderson, Dustin Lance Black, Matt Aune, Tyler Barrick, Melissa Bird
Director: Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet
Writer: Reed Cowan
Studio: David v. Goliath Films
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes

The documentary, created by writer and director Reed Cowan, is a close look at the actions, performed by the religion representatives in order to prevent LGBT marriages, including the campaign against the human rights of sexual minorities.
The story of the film is based on real and shocking events, happened within the Mormon Church in California and Utah States. Having spent more than 2 years at the Mormon Church and having been well acquainted with the facts and documents, concerning Mormons activities, the documentary filmmaker himself faced their unfair relation to him.
According to the information of Reed Cowan, the Mormon Church was involved in promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8, and it used secretly its power to put obstacles on the way of advancing marriage equality for quite a long period of time.
The documentary “8: The Mormon Proposition” offers to the audience a detailed research on the subject in question. The shocking facts of actions against LGBT people are collected in the film, showing the true face of Mormons and their politics of that time.
Starring in the film are Rocky Mayor Anderson, Matt Aune, Dustin Lance Black, Melissa Bird and Tyler Barrick.



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