Inlaws & Outlaws GSBA Campaign Kick-Off February 23, 2007

Friday, February 23rd
Reception at 6 pm and film screening at 7 pm with an auction to follow emceed by Peggy Platt!!!

Tickets just $5 for 2007 GSBA members through www.ticketwindowonline.com or by calling 206/325-6500.

You’re invited to the GSBA Campaign Launch and help spread the love! With the support of the GSBA and community leaders like you, the film “Inlaws & Outlaws” will travel to communities all over Washington from Friday Harbor to Walla Walla.

The Seattle film “Inlaws & Outlaws,” winner of the deadCENTER Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, joins with the GSBA, to launch their Washington state Hearts + Minds Campaign. The event will be emceed by emceed by Seattle’s favorite comic, Peggy Platt, and will be attended by stars of the film. The event will include a hosted reception as well as a silent and live auction featuring prizes from Alaska Airlines, Geraldine’s Restaurant and a hosted reception donated by Herban Feast.

Filmmaker Drew Emery made the documentary as a way of bridging what he calls the “false divide” between gay and straight people around love marriage. “We’ve shown this film with great success in red states and blue states, urban centers and rural communities,” says Emery. “It’s played in churches in Oklahoma and small college towns in Ohio and everywhere we go, we find audiences embrace the idea that love is absolutely the thing that connects us all as human beings — and not at all the thing that divides us.”

Celebrated by critics and audiences alike in festivals around the country, “Inlaws & Outlaws” examines the nature of love and marriage by weaving together true stories of straight and gay couples side by side. At the top of the film you don’t know who’s gay or straight or who’s with whom – and by the end of the film, you don’t care because you’re rooting for everybody. This simple idea has captivated audiences by illustrating that love is the thing that binds us and, not at all the thing that sets us apart. With candor, good humor, great music and real heart, this is the feel-good film that brings people together – and changes hearts and minds.

The February 23rd event will introduce the film to the Seattle business community and build support for the Hearts + Minds Campaign, where the film will be distributed at the grassroots level in early 2007.

See you there!

Official Website: http://www.inlawsandoutlawsfilm.com/