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Jim loves Jack the James Egan story : a film

Title: Jim loves Jack [videorecording] : the James Egan story : a film / by David Adkin ; produced by David Adkin Productions, in association with Vision TV and the Knowledge Network, with the participation of the Ontario Film Development Corporation (Non-Theatrical Fund) and the Cable Production Fund.
Publication: [New York] : Cinema Guild, c1995.

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Description

1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Narrated in James Egan's and John Nesbit's own voices, the film takes us back to the post-war years in Toronto when the two men first met, fell in love and decided to make a life-long commitment to one another. Incensed by the sensational depictions of gay men in the tabloid newspapers of the day, Egan began to speak out for gay rights. For fifteen years, from 1949 to 1964, he bombarded the press, politicians, clergy and medical profession with letters and articles aimed at correcting stereotypes of homosexuality and arguing for the repeal of laws which criminalized homosexual activity. Thirty years later, Egan and Nesbit have re-emerged at the forefront of the gay rights struggle by launching an historic court case against the Canadian government to win legal recognition for same-sex couples.

Subjects

Nesbit, John
Gay liberation movement > Canada > History
Gay men > Ontario > Toronto > Biography
Egan, James
Gay couples > Ontario > Toronto > Biography
Gay activists > Ontario > Toronto > Biography

Credits (note)

Producer/director, David Adkin ; editor, Ricardo Acosta.

System Details (note)

VHS.

Call Number

*UGS-500

OCLC

39186905

Title

Jim loves Jack [videorecording] : the James Egan story : a film / by David Adkin ; produced by David Adkin Productions, in association with Vision TV and the Knowledge Network, with the participation of the Ontario Film Development Corporation (Non-Theatrical Fund) and the Cable Production Fund.

Imprint

[New York] : Cinema Guild, c1995.

System Details

VHS.

Credits

Producer/director, David Adkin ; editor, Ricardo Acosta.

Added Author

Adkin, David.

Cinema Guild.

Research Call Number

*UGS-500 [Video]

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