Freeheld

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Freeheld is a 2007 Academy Award-winning documentary by Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth. It chronicles the story of Laurel Hester in her fight against the Ocean County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders to give her earned pension benefits to her partner, Stacie. On February 24, 2008, it won the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary. The documentary also won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.

[edit] Synopsis

The film follows the story of Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a lesbian New Jersey police detective, who while dying, wishes to leave her pension benefits to her life partner but is not allowed, as homosexual couples in most places in the United States are not afforded the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples.^[1]

[edit] External Links

• Freeheld Official Site.
• Freeheld at the Internet Movie Database.
• Director Cynthia Wade.

[edit] References

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