Scout's Honor by Tom Shepard [Gay-themed filmed short-subject]

[Publicly broadcast by PBS as part of their POV Series]

This documentary traces the conflict between the anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts of America and the broad-based movement by many of its members to overturn them. The story is told predominantly through the experiences of a 13-year old boy and a 70-year-old man - both heterosexual, both dedicated to the Scouts, and both determined to change the course of Scouting history. Their challenge is being waged in their hometown of Petaluma, California - a place more familiar with agriculture than activism. Yet it is here where they have begun an international grassroots petition drive and media campaign to overturn the BSA's anti-gay policy. In 1998, they formalized their movement into an organization called "Scouting for All".

New Day Films
U.S.A., 2001, 57 min.
Independent Television Service [itvs] and the Corporation for Public Bradcasting [CPB]
Directed by Tom Shepard
[EN]
UPC: unassigned
VHSRip

This truly remarkable film, like others I've been uploading here from time to time, should be considered ample reayounger for supporting Independent Short-subject Film-makers. I strongly encourage everyone to go out and purchase a copy of the retail DvD, or in this instance the VHS cassette, and experience for yourself 'first-hand' the artist's vision as he truly intended.