The State of Marriage

The State of Marriage
Directed byJeff Kaufman
Written byJeff Kaufman
Produced byJeff Kaufman
Marcia Ross
StarringMary Bonauto
Susan Murray
Beth Robinson
CinematographyDaniel Kaufman
Edited byAsher Bingham
Music byLaura Karpman
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Production
company
Floating World Pictures
Release date
  • June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18) (PIFF)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The State of Marriage is a 2015 documentary film about the origins of the marriage equality movement, focusing on the decades of grassroots advocacy by lawyers Mary Bonauto, Susan Murray, and Beth Robinson and the 1999 Vermont Supreme Court case Baker v. Vermont.[1][2] The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Provincetown International Film Festival on 18 June 2015.[3] It is written and directed by Jeff Kaufman, and produced by Kaufman and Marcia Ross.[4] Funding for the film's post-production and editing work was partially raised through a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.[5]

  1. ^ "New Documentary Depicts Vermont Lawyers' Fight For Same-Sex Marriage". VPR. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ Kane, Matt (24 April 2014). "The State of Marriage in Vermont". GLAAD. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Gay marriage doc to debut". Times Argus. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross of "State of Marriage"". WOMR. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. ^ "THE STATE OF MARRIAGE". IndieGoGo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.