The Prop 8 trial to overturn the Calif. gay marriage ban was two years ago. Though the trial was recorded on video those tapes cannot be released to the public. A primary aspect of the trial was that prejudice can lie in a political campaign, but cannot lie in the courtroom. So it is important to get the details of the case out in public. Not many people are going to wade through the court transcripts. Thankfully, Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for Milk, did that for us. He created a stage play titled 8. There was a staged reading in New York and last Saturday there was one in Los Angeles. A video of this one is now on YouTube. As in New York, the cast is made up of some high-powered stars, in this case Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, and George Takei (plus many more names I don't know well).
YouTube says the video is 2 hours, but there is a "skip ahead to start" button that cuts 30 minutes. However, you'll miss news clips of the history of the case that start at about minute 17.
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