Broken Heart Land

A conservative Oklahoma family questions their civic responsibility after their gay teenage son commits suicide in the wake of a bitterly controversial town meeting discussing a proposal for LGBT History Month.

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Feature Documentary
Run Time: 81 min

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DISTRIBUTION
America ReFramed | ITVS


PRESS

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David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle, Jun 15, 2014
"It’s easy to take for granted the progress of LGBT rights in America — until you see a documentary like Broken Heart Land...Haunting."

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Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters, Jul 16, 2014
"Broken Heart Land Heartbreakingly Tells of the Harm Done by Intolerance... Simultaneously evocative and contemplative."

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Steven Lindsey, Dallas Morning News, Jun 23, 2014
"Broken Heart Land really hits home.... shifts rapidly between heart-wrenching and inspiring, but powerful from opening frame to last."

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Leonard Pitts, The Miami Herald, Jun 24, 2014
"Real Life is messier and more complicated than our politics pretends...This is what 'Broken Heart Land' captures, movingly."

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Nancy Harrington, Huffington Post, Jun 16, 2014
How Losing Our Gay, HIV-Positive Son to Suicide Turned Our Family Into Activists...

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James Nichols, Huffington Post, May 12, 2014
"A compelling new documentary is bringing a platform to an important and heartbreaking story that took place in the American heartland..."

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Dennis Hinzmann, OUT, Jun 20, 2014
"Beautiful..."

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Joe Ehrman-Dupre, Towleroad, Jun 27, 2014
"Powerful...unexpectedly political."

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Tom Williams, Utah Public Radio, Oct 28, 2014
“Broken Heart Land... addresses issues of HIV/AIDS awareness, lack of comprehensive sex education and LGBT rights in the American heartland..."

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Michael Smith, Tulsa World, Oct 14, 2014
"This film is about LGBT issues and it's about HIV/AIDS, but ultimately it's about how fear can drive intolerance and how intolerance destroys lives..."

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Kenny Lopez, WGNO, Oct 16, 2014
5 must-see flicks at New Orleans Film Festival...

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Staff Report, Denton Record Chronicle, Nov 6, 2014
"Torn in Middle America..."

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Daniel Walber, NonFics, Jun 27, 2014
"Intimate and galvanizing...Among the best LGBT docs of the year."

 
 

CREATIVE TEAM

 

Directed & Produced by
JEREMY STULBERG
RANDY STULBERG

Producer
Eric Juhola

Executive Producer
DIANA HOLTZBERG

Co-Producers
ROSE ROSENBLATT
MARION LIPSCHUTZ

Impact Producer
CHRISTINA LINDSTROM

Edited by
JEREMY STULBERG

Cinematography
JASON OLDAK
LIZ RUBIN
RANDY STULBERG

Original Score by
CHRISTOPHER LIBERTINO

Supervising Sound Editor
& Re-Recording Mixer

MATTHEW POLIS

Publicist
DAVID NINH

 

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