Movies and TvShows featuring "gavin-newsom" theme.

By issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom uproots the status quo and attempts to change the way the nation looks at life, love, and marriage.

One Wedding and a Revolution is a documentary short that chronicles the historic wedding of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, a lesbian couple who were the first to be married in San Francisco in 2004. The film explores the political and social implications of their marriage and the impact it had on the gay rights movement.

This uplifting, poignant, and soul-opening documentary, aired on PBS stations, highlights a momentous, historical milestone when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom engaged in ground-breaking civil disobedience as he allowed same-sex couples to marry at San Francisco City Hall. With rousing speeches from beloved comic Margaret Cho, top marriage equality leaders, and interviews with seven long-term same sex couples, Freedom To Marry brings a joyful, personal face to marriage equality at the height of this burgeoning, world-wide civil rights movement.