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This documentary is a meditation on injustice and what it means to fight for your rights in a country where oppression is subversive. Focusing on a 2004 grassroots campaign staged in Ohio, this documentary brings attention to the threat posed by amendments to the constitution against same-sex marriage as well as attacks on partner recognition. By illuminating the messages purported by fundamentalist religious organizations, this film reminds us of the power of the voter, no matter how threatening these groups seem. In the end, it is the ordinary citizen, either swayed by extreme messages or just ambivalent, who poses the most concrete threat to the civil and human rights of their fellow citizens.

Roger Hill was an actor in the 1970’s and 19120’s and appeared in the Orson Welles’ Magic Show, One Life to Live, The Warriors, and The Education of Sonny Carson. Divine Persecution is his first film.

Producer: Roger Hill Screenwriter: Roger Hill, Jordan Rogoff Cinematographer: Roger Hill, Jordan Rogoff Editor: Roger Hill

Note: Divine Persecution will be shown with Same Sex America