Sundance TwentyTen

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The Power of Film

“This film is just so powerful! Everyone should see it and think about it and do something about it. It could change the world.”

—Overheard at the world premiere of “8: The Mormon Proposition,”
about the LDS Church’s role in directing the 2008 passage
of California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage,
Sundance Film Festival, yesterday.

Editor’ Note: The power of positive thinking.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom addresses the audience after the world premiere of “8: The Mormon Proposition,” at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Sunday. Directly behind Newsom is director and producer Reed Cowan, a 1997 journalism graduate of Utah State University, and other producers and creators of the film. Below, “pro”-protesters demonstrate outside the film’s premiere against the alleged link between the LDS Church and funding to pass the California Prop 8 initiative banning seme-sex marriage.

Related:
• Salt Lake Tribune story on “8”
• 8 The Mormon Proposition
• The New York Times story
• SundanceTwentyTEN: This is the renewed rebellion
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