Ballot Measure 9 Explained

Ballot Measure 9
Director:	Heather Lyn MacDonald
Producer:	Heather Lyn MacDonald
Music:	Julian Dylan Russell
Cinematography:	Ellen Hansen
Editing:	Heather Lyn MacDonald & BB Jorissen
Distributor:	Sovereign Distribution
Runtime:	72 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Ballot Measure 9 is a 1995 documentary film directed and produced by Heather MacDonald.^[1] The film examines the cultural and political battle that took place in 1992 over Oregon Ballot Measure 9, a citizens' initiative proposition that would have declared homosexuality "abnormal, wrong, unnatural, and perverse."

Awards

• Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, 1995.^[2]
• Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, 1995.^[3]
• "Best of the Fest" at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 1995.^[4]
• People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival, 1995.^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Summers . Claude . The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television. . 2012 . Cleis Press . San Francisco, Calif. . 978-1-5734-4882-6 . 96–97.

Notes and References

1. News: Maslin . Janet . FILM REVIEW; How Numbers Count, in Countering a Minority . The New York Times . 21 June 1995 . C15 . 0362-4331 . limited.
2. Web site: 1995 Sundance Film Festival . sundance.org . 7 October 2023.
3. Web site: Ballot Measure 9 . teddyaward.tv . 7 October 2023.
4. Web site: Ballot Measure 9 . Toots Crackin Productions . 7 October 2023.