Freeheld Film Analysis

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The movie, Freeheld, starring Ellen Page and Julianne Moore is a documentary about the true story of a New Jersey detective, Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) and her fight to have the right to give her hard earned pension benefits to her domestic partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page) after finding out she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and then being denied by the local county officials. With the help from her colleague Dane Wells (Michael Shannon) and activist Steven Goldstein (Steve Carell), Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree won their battle for couples equality. The Peter Scollet film based on the book, Freeheld, by Cynthia Wade earned $320,365 in the box office opening day and won “Best Film” at the Sebastiane Award. The film has been

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