Chronicling one story of courage born out of the highly mediatized and controversial Prop 8 2008 election results in California. A Californian married gay couple and their two adopted children fight back against discrimination, ignorance and hate through home videos posted on their YouTube channel, Gay Family Values. As they pursue their American Dream, the opposing political, social and religious opinions that pervade society attempt to strip it from them.
Direction
Cassie Jaye lets the Leffews' raw footage speak louder than commentary.
Writing
Real hate mail read aloud — no script needed for this horror.
Director
Cassie Jaye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Leffews' YouTube channel Gay FamilyValues launched in 2007, making them accidental pioneers of queer family vlogging years before it became a genre.
Director Cassie Jaye later pivoted to Men's Rights activism with 'The Red Pill' (2016), creating a fascinating — and fraught — filmography of documentary subjects on society's margins.
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