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    Cynthia WADE 2007 America Documentary b/w & color 38min English DCP
    A documentary chronicling a policewoman’s struggle to transfer her pension to her female partner after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. With less than six months to live, she refuses to back down when local government denies a basic right granted to heterosexual married couples. Meanwhile, a media frenzy ensues.

    Director

    Cynthia WADE

    She is an Oscar-winning documentary director. She recently directed Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School, which is currently airing on IFC/Sundance Channel. She received her master's degree in Documentary Film Production from Stanford University. Wade runs the boutique documentary film company, Cynthia Wade Productions, in New York City. Her short documentary Freeheld won an Academy Award® and a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently producing a new fiction in Los Angeles.

    Cynthia WADE
    • 1986 America Undercover
    • 1995 Almost Home
    • 1999 Grist for the Mill
    • 2003 Shelter Dogs
    • 2007《扣押幸福》Freeheld
    • 2009 Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School
    • 2010《甜生如此》Born Sweet
    • 2011 Growing Hope Against Hunger
    • 2012 Wrestling the Monster: Living with Hepatic Encephalopathy
    • 《萊辛髮廊的週一約會》Mondays at Racine
    • 2013 Whole New Person

    Producer/ Vanessa ROTH

    Director/ Cynthia WADE

    Cinematographer/ Cynthia WADE

    Editor/ David TEAGUE

    Music/ Rob SCHWIMMER

    Robin Honan

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