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Release Date:
June 14, 2013
Original Title:
The New Black
Genres:
Documentary | Drama
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 80
The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
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Associate Producer:
Samantha Stark
Veena Rao
Camera Operator:
Garland McLaurin
Nadia Hallgren
Co-Producer:
Angela Tucker
Director:
Yoruba Richen
Editor:
Erin Casper
Ali Muney
Executive Producer:
Samantha Stark
Music Supervisor:
Korie Enyard
Producer:
Yoruba Richen
Yvonne Welbon
Writer:
Erin Casper
Yoruba Richen
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