Ballot Measure 9

Product Description Ballot Measure 9 is a chilling portrayal of a divisive anti-gay campaign initiative and the unprecedented violence it provoked -- such that activists risking their lives were given full-time police protection. For the crusaders on the right it was a simple battle between good and evil. Director Heather MacDonald ducks behind the headlines to bare the passions and strategies that drove both sides. As the level of violence escalates, the documentary acquires the tension and suspense of a fiction film, and its local chronicle evolves into a far-ranging exposé of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion and sexual identity. Review A picture to make you scream. --The Nation Easily one of the best movies of the year...positively simmers. --Los Angeles Weekly Cuts to the heart of the current political climate. --New York Times About the Actor Donna Red Wing An outspoken activist for LGBT rights, Donna is proud to have earned the moniker the most dangerous woman in America from the Christian Coalition. She was the Director of Portlands' Lesbian Community Project and founder of Oregon's Anti-Violence Project, tracking the unprecedented rise in anti-gay violence during the Measure 9 campaign. Since then, she has worked as national project directors for GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), the Human Rights Alliance, the Gill Foundation, and for the Howard Dean campaign. Now Donna the Director of the First Freedom First Project at the Interfaith Alliance. Among other awards granted her, Donna was named The Advocate's Woman of the Year in 1992, and in 1999 became the first recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Faith and Freedom. Kathleen Saadat A veteran of the civil rights movement, Kathleen Saadat is a charismatic community activist, working for the rights of women, people of color and the LGBT communities. Formerly Oregon's Director of Affirmative Action, she served on the steering committee for the No on 9 campaign, organized African Americans Voting No on 9, and was instrumental in mobilizing Black leadership around the campaign. After Measure 9 she became the co-director of Portland's Rainbow Coalition/African Americans for Human Rights, and now is the Director of Diversity and Human Resources at the Cascade AIDS Project in Portland. Among the numerous honors she has received is the prestigious Bannerman Fellowship for her contributions to social justice. She remains ever eloquent in her call for an inclusive human rights movement. Scott Seibert Scott's GAYMAN license plate and TV appearances made him one of the most out gay men in Oregon. During Measure 9, Scott was the founder and Chair of OUTPAC (Oregonians United Together PAC), which held trainings and seminars for new activists, and was vigilant in researching and making public the finances of the Oregon Citizen's Alliance and its donors. As a result, his home and office were vandalized frequently, files were stolen and death threats made. Scott served as Chair of the Eugene Human Rights Commission and on the Oregon Bureau of Labor Affirmative Action & Civil Rights Commission. After Measure 9, he moved to Portland, where he has involved himself in numerous neighborhood planning committees, including the Portland Streetcar Advisory Commission, METRO Citizens Involvement Commission, and the NW Neighborhood Board of Directors. Scott Seibert Scott's GAYMAN license plate and TV appearances made him one of the most out gay men in Oregon. During Measure 9, Scott was the founder and Chair of OUTPAC (Oregonians United Together PAC), which held trainings and seminars for new activists, and was vigilant in researching and making public the finances of the Oregon Citizen's Alliance and its donors. As a result, his home and office were vandalized frequently, files were stolen and death threats made. Scott served as Chair of the Eugene Human Rights Commission and on the Oregon Bureau of Labor Affirmative Action & Civil Rights Com