Dir: Ben Cotner, Ryan White | USA 2014 | 112 mins | Cert: Club | Language: English
"Grips from start to finish … a stirring civil rights film that is both cogent and emotionally charged." – Hollywood Reporter
The Case Against 8 is an account of the epic five-year legal battle that overturned Proposition 8. Co-directors Cotner and White take us on a riveting, hold-your-breath, behind the scenes look
at the historic Californian trial that overturned the controversial constitutional amendment. The story first made headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who last faced off as opposing attorneys in Bush v. Gore. The film also follows the plaintiffs, two gay couples who find their families at the centre of the same-sex marriage controversy. This extraordinary film provides fly-on-the-wall coverage of a trial the public was never allowed to see. - GAZE Film Festival 2014
"An emotional tour of history in the making." – Indiewire
Winner - Audience Award, SXSW Film Festival 2014
Winner - Best Director, Sundance Film Festival 2014
