Freeheld

Freeheld
  • Release date: 19 Feb 2016
  • Release year: 2015
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Country: United States, United Kingdom
  • Keywords: partner, cancer, public hearing, hair loss, kiss, politics, death, dying, domestic partnership, protest
Plot:
Laurel Hester (Moore), a decorated New Jersey police detective, is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her hard-earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie (Page). However, the county officials, Freeholders, conspire to prevent Laurel from doing this. Laurel's hard-nosed detective colleague, Dane Wells (Shannon), and activist Steven Goldstein (Carell), unite in Laurel and Stacie's defence.
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