Red Flag Releasing announced today that it will debut “8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION” simultaneously in theaters, On Demand and through digital download channels June 18th, 2010. Written and directed by journalist and former Mormon missionary Reed Cowan, and narrated by Academy Award© -winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk), “8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION” exposes the Mormon Church’s historic involvement in the promotion and passage of California’s Proposition 8 and the religion’s ongoing campaign against gay rights. The film takes place in California and Utah as Mormons, following their prophet’s call to action, wage spiritual warfare with money and misinformation against gay citizens, doing everything they can to deny them of marriage and the rights that come with it. “8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION” opens in theaters on June 18, 2010, two years after the first gay marriages took place in California (June 17, 2008).
The film will open in theaters June 18th, 2010 in New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Boston , Salt Lake City , Atlanta , Palm Springs , Phoenix , San Diego , Dallas , Houston and Honolulu . “8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION” will also debut day-and-date On Demand via cable and satellite providers and digital download channels.
Produced by Cowan, Steven Greenstreet, Chris Volz and Emily Pearson for David V. Goliath Productions. Cowan and Bruce Bastian served as executive producers. The film is co-directed by Greenstreet.