Hollywood, California (Monday, August 3, 2009) - ANNUL VICTORY a loving memoir of the current struggle for LGBTQ rights as seen through the prism of activists and the creative community in California. continue

It starts on May 16th, 2008 with Mayor Gavin Newsom on the steps of San Franciso City Hall giving a stirring and uplifting speech celebrating the fact that the California Supreme Court had just made same-sex marriage legal. continue

What if you threw a film festival, got a gay mecca city name behind it, invited hundreds of filmmakers to exhibit their work, but never hired any staff, never got any sponsors, never secured any venues, didn't get your website-the only place to buy tickets- functional until days before Opening Night, and didn't purchase the requisite insurance theaters require to exhibit films in this festival, but sold tickets-what few you could with a website that was completely inadequate- to venues you didn't reserve, what would you have? continue