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The State of Marriage is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 12 june 2015 with Terrence McNally

The State of Marriage (2015)

The State of Marriage
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Released in USA 12 june 2015
Length 1h22
OriginUSA
Rating57% 2.867662.867662.867662.867662.86766

The State of Marriage is a 2015 documentary film about the origins of the marriage equality movement, focusing on the decades of grassroots advocacy by lawyers Mary Bonauto, Susan Murray, and Beth Robinson and the 1999 Vermont Supreme Court case Baker v. Vermont. The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Provincetown International Film Festival on 18 June 2015. It is written and directed by Jeff Kaufman, and produced by Kaufman and Marcia Ross. Funding for the film's post-production and editing work was partially raised through a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

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Terrence McNally

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