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Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial

Country: USA, Language: English, 29 mins

  • Director: Jonathan Joiner; Robert H. Martin
  • Writer: Jonathan Joiner; Robert H. Martin
  • Producer: Jonathan Joiner; Robert H. Martin

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In 1982, a San Francisco athletic group tries to hold a "Gay Olympics," instigating what will ultimately become a battle at the U.S. Supreme Court and a challenge over the place of gays and lesbians in American society. The Supreme Court is widely viewed as the country's chief defender of civil rights. Yet its long-hidden struggle with demands for gay equality points to a more complicated reality. The inner workings of the Court are exposed, revealing an institution and individual justices - real people with human emotions and deeply felt assumptions - divided and in conflict. Former Olympian Dr. Tom Waddell founds the Gay Olympic Games, an international sporting event meant to nurture a healthy self-image for gays and lesbians while publicly affirming positive examples of homosexuality. The U.S. Olympic Committee, however, doesn't want the words "gay" and "Olympics" combined.


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Cast & Characters

Mary Dunlap as Herself - Attorney;
Chai Feldblum as Herself - Interviewee / Former Supreme Court Clerk;
Linda Greenhouse as Herself - Interviewee / New York Times reporter;
Nan Hunter as Herself - Interviewee / Georgetown Law Professor;
Lisa Keen as Herself - Interviewee / Journalist;
Shawn Kelly as Himself - Interviewee / Gay Games organizer;
Alex Kozinski as Himself - Interviewee / Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit;
Maureen Mason as Herself - Interviewee / Attorney;
Susan McGreivy as Herself - Interviewee / Olympic swimmer;
Tom Waddell as Himself - Founder, Gay Games