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8: The Mormon Proposition

R Released Jun 18, 2010 1h 20m Documentary List
65% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A history reveals the Mormon Church's stance against the rights of people who are not heterosexual.
8: The Mormon Proposition

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It's unabashedly biased, but this look at the fight over gay marriage in California is impassioned and provocative.

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Laneia Autostraddle I don't want you to think this movie was boring; it was actually fascinating and actually required watching for every gay person everywhere! Jun 10, 2021 Full Review Lisa Kennedy Denver Post Provocative and disturbing. Rated: 3/4 Jul 2, 2010 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle It's marred by loaded language and a propagandistic tone that undercuts rather than promotes its purposes. Rated: 2/4 Jun 24, 2010 Full Review Bruce Bennett Spectrum (St. George, Utah) This propaganda style doc is too busy evoking intolerance (ironically) and fear mongering to provoke any rational analysis of the facts. Rated: D Aug 14, 2012 Full Review Brent Simon Shared Darkness The film's powerful correlative lesson? That citizen journalism will play an important role in outing big-money political players who would like to silently put their stamp on laws from the capitalistic safety of the shadows. Rated: B Jul 26, 2010 Full Review Ian Buckwalter DCist From the hard facts of the church's PR wrangling and shady financial reporting, to the human fallout of their treatment of gays both inside and outside their flock, the filmmakers hammer hard on the Mormon church. Rated: 7/10 Jul 18, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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michael s The just-released documentary shows some of the hypocrisy of the Mormon Church, which fought Prop 8 in California, and is now involved in fighting same-sex marriage in their own backyard in Utah. It's as timely as ever, and now available http://www.examiner.com/article/dustin-lance-black-narrated-doc-8-the-mormon-proposition-now-online Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This film demonstrates why our nation's promise of a separation of church and state is so important. It's no wonder the theocrats occupying the Mormon Church's world headquarters don't like the film. It exposes them. They can only succeed when they work in the shadows. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member There should be separation of church and state! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Documentary was a little clunky. It could have used some better editing and a less biased tone to reach a wider audience. Amazing information and heartbreaking stories. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member GOOD DOCUMENTARY... although it left me feeling at the end without any sense of closure. I think the producers failed to wrap up the whole thing and provide a good finale and instead it just seemed to stop. Still, quite interesting, although like most powerful organizations, it is unlikely that the LDS Church will ever be brought to justice or will have their tax-exempt status revoked, despite mounting an organized campaign and publicly advocating involvement in politics to sway a political outcome Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Tax the shit outta the Church of Latter Day Saints. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A history reveals the Mormon Church's stance against the rights of people who are not heterosexual.
Director
Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet
Producer
Steven Greenstreet
Screenwriter
Reed Cowan
Distributor
Red Flag Releasing
Rating
R (Some Language|Some Sexual References)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 2010, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 13, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$99.9K
Runtime
1h 20m