“I Do” is an important film that deals with LGBT people, same-sex couples and same-sex marriage, immigration, and DOMA. It hits theaters Friday.
WATCH: Award-Winning Filmmaker David Ross Discusses New Film On DOMA And Same-Sex Marriage, ‘I Do’
“Stepping right into the middle of the marriage equality debate, I DO is the deeply affecting story about a man forced – by discrimination – to make an impossible choice,” the film’s website notes:
Produced by Stephen Israel (SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, BOY CULTURE) and starring David W Ross (QUINCEANERA), who also produced and who wrote the beautifully calibrated screenplay, and directed by Glenn Gaylord (writer/producer of LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR), this independent feature film couldn’t be more timely.Yet while both sides of the issue passionately state their cases, what’s left in the balance are families and couples often split apart, especially those with bi-national makeups. Immigration, which most heterosexual couples take for granted as a given, complicates same-sex relationships, even in states where marriage is now legal.
DOMA of course is the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 that bans the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. The Supreme Court will issue a ruling that could strike down as unconstitutional a portion of the discriminatory law.
Here’s an exclusive clip from “I Do,” thanks to David W. Ross, who stars in the film, produced it, and who, a few years ago, was a contributor to The New Civil Rights Movement.
The film, in addition to David Ross, who has won several awards, including for the films “Quinceañera†and “The Receipt,” stars Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Sopranos), Alicia Witt (Friday Night Lights), Maurice Compte (Breaking Bad, End of Watch), and Mickey Cottrell (My Own Private Idaho).
Visit the film’s website, twowordscanchangeeverything, for tickets, and on demand viewing information.
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The New Civil Rights Movement will be showing exclusive clips from “I Do†all week.
The New Civil Rights Movement is proud to have been a financial supporter of “I Do.”