Much controversy has surrounded the taping and broadcast of the San Francisco based Federal trial over California's ballot Proposition 8 which repealed the California Supreme Court's marriage equality ruling and enshrined a discriminatory provision in the state's constitution. Last week the Supreme Court in a narrow 5-4 decision ruled against the broadcast of the trial to other Federal courthouses, but left the issue of broadcast on YouTube undecided. Well, guess what? The trial is coming to YouTube...sort of
After the Supreme Court's ruling, the judge in the trial case decided to pull the case from a pilot program on the 9th Circuit that would broadcast trials on tape delay on YouTube. So how is the trial going to be broadcast on YouTube if the case was pulled from the pilot program?
From LA Weekly blog:
Freelance journalist and filmmaker John Ireland, who's based in Los Angeles and regularly examines gay rights issues, will produce a daily re-enactment of the Proposition 8 federal trial and post it on YouTube, starting this week.
Ireland has been casting the parts of pro-gay marriage lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, and anti-gay marriage attorney Charles Cooper, among others, over this weekend.
Ireland and his crew came up with the idea of the re-enactment soon after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a video feed from coming out of the San Francisco courthouse last week.
This idea had been batted around on Pam's House Blend and I even mentioned it in last week's WGLB. That wish is coming true.
Ireland made the casting call via Craigslist with a complete list of the parts needed:
CASTING CALL
On January 13, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the broadcast of the federal court proceedings of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, challenging Proposition 8. This trial re-enactment will be based on transcripts and shoot live to tape in a courtroom, then released on YouTube the following day, each day through January 29.
CONTRACT: SAG web series. Current SAG members only.
PAY: $0 and a great opportunity to be involved with a historic effort. The project will be high visibility.
DATES: Must be available to shoot 1/16, 1/17 and 1/18 9am-6pm, then 1/19, 1/20, 1/22, 1/25 and 1/26 from 6-11pm.
DEADLINE: Friday (1/16) at 4:00 pm. We are casting from photos/resumes and shooting this weekend and into the next two weeks.
We are matching your “look” to the actual participants in the trial. Look at the pictures:
http://www.JohnIrelandOnline.com/...
Submit your photo, resume, role(s) you fit, and your cell # to john@JohnIrelandProductions.com
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Character Breakdown
Boies, David LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 50s-60s white male, balding, warm smile. Attorney.
Cooper, Charles LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 50s white male, grey full hair, confident air. Attorney.
Dusseault, Christopher LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 30s white male, brown hair. Attorney.
Olson, Ted LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 50s-60s white male, thick straight reddish-blonde hair, warm smile. Attorney.
Stewart, Therese LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s white petite female, bleach blond crew cut, snappy dresser and precise advocate. Attorney.
Thompson, David LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 30s white male, blonde/red hair. Attorney.
Walker, Vaughn LARGER ROLE—GREATER TIME COMMITMENT: 60s-70s white hair and beard, kind face, thin features. Judge.
Boutrous, Theodore SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s middle eastern male with grey hair, confident. Attorney.
Chauncey, George SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s white male with brown/grey hair and goatee. Expert Witness. Academic.
Cott, Nancy SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s white female with brown/blonde bob. Precise and confident. Expert Witness. Academic.
Katami, David SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 30s white male, brown/black short hair. Plaintiff.
Pachter, Tamar SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s white female with blonde hair. Attorney.
Perry, Kristin SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 30s white female, larger build, brown hair. Plaintiff.
Stier, Sandy SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 30s white female, build, blonde long hair. Plaintiff.
Zarillo, Jeffrey SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 30s white male, brown/black short hair. Plaintiff.
Peplau, Letitia SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s white female with brown/blonde bob. Precise and confident. Expert Witness. Academic.
Meyer, Ilan SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 40s white male with brown hair, darker complexion. Precise and confident. Expert Witness. Academic.
Tam, William SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 60s Asian male. Witness.
Helen, Zia SMALLER ROLE—SHORTER TIME COMMITMENT: 50s Asian female, black-grey hair. Witness.
We are matching your “look” to the actual participants in the trial. Look at the pictures:
http://www.JohnIrelandOnline.com/...
Update [2010-1-18 15:21:50 by craigkg]: If you would like to help fund the re-enactment effort, you can donate to John Ireland's Prop 8 Re-enactment Project from his page at http://www.johnirelandonline.com/....
