Freeheld [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
• Language(s): english
• Subtitle(s): english
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: french
• Director(s): Peter Sollett
• Actor(s): Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon, and Steve Carell

The film is based on the true story of Laurel Hester (Moore), a police officer in Ocean County, New Jersey. The story narrates the difficulties faced by a lesbian police detective and her domestic partner, Stacie Andree (Page). Following her diagnosis with terminal lung cancer in 2005, Hester repeatedly appealed to the county's board of chosen freeholders to have her pension benefits passed on to her domestic partner; she was eventually successful.