Freeheld

USA, 2007, 38’

Freeheld follows the landmark legal battle of Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a dying New Jersey police officer who fights to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree. As her elected officials, The Freeholders, stand firmly against her, and the town explodes around her, Laurel races against time to provide for the love of her life – before it is too late.

“Freeheld” won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2008 and a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Directed by Cynthia Wade

Produced by Lieutenant Films, Inc.