Freeheld (2015)

Directors

Peter Sollett

Cast

Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, Luke Grimes, Gabriel Luna, Anthony DeSando, Skipp Sudduth, Josh Charles, Kevin O'Rourke, Tom McGowan, William Sadler, Dennis Boutsikaris, Adam LeFevre, Jeannine Kaspar, Mary Birdsong, Kelly Deadmon, Traci Hovel, Mina Sundwall, Sahr Ngaujah, Stink Fisher, Karl Jacob, Portia Reiners, Suzanne Savoy, Robbie Tann, Mary Joy, Henny Russell, Susan Merson

The story

The film is based on the true story of Laurel Hester, 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. 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.

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