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.
Feature Documentary
Run Time: 81 min
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DISTRIBUTION
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PRESS
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."
Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters, Jul 16, 2014
"Broken Heart Land Heartbreakingly Tells of the Harm Done by Intolerance... Simultaneously evocative and contemplative."
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."
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."
Nancy Harrington, Huffington Post, Jun 16, 2014
How Losing Our Gay, HIV-Positive Son to Suicide Turned Our Family Into Activists...
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..."
Dennis Hinzmann, OUT, Jun 20, 2014
"Beautiful..."
Joe Ehrman-Dupre, Towleroad, Jun 27, 2014
"Powerful...unexpectedly political."
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..."
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..."
Kenny Lopez, WGNO, Oct 16, 2014
5 must-see flicks at New Orleans Film Festival...
Staff Report, Denton Record Chronicle, Nov 6, 2014
"Torn in Middle America..."
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