In this film for the organization Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), we depict a past that should have been. Shooting with vintage cameras (true to their respective eras) and using real-life gay couples to create home movies of weddings from an alternate past. This is our tribute to all those who were never allowed by law to marry ­ and our strategy to drive awareness of a fundamental human right that can no longer be denied.

Note: All this footage would be shot on a mix of vintage film stock (8mm, Noir, etc.) that highlights a number of different eras spanning from the late 30’s-70s. Each piece of footage would have a hand held camera feel (as though it was real vintage home-movie footage). We have highlighted the era each scene could adopt (with make up/wardrobe/cars/style being a reflection of that time) as best we can.

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Open on a gay male couple walking out of a brownstone house in tuxedos. They walk down the stairs and one puts his arm around the other. His groom leans into his body. A few members of the wedding parties walk down the stairs after them.

Cut to a lesbian couple walking out after their wedding, participants throw rice at them as they walk.

Cut to an African American couple (lesbians) dressed in wedding dresses where we see one woman open a car door for another woman who gets in.

These are nobody’s memories.

Cut to inside a reception hall where we see a gay male couple feeding one another wedding cake.

They aren’t found in photo albums or at the

bottom of anyone’s heart.

Cut to the back of a car where we see 2 brides get in.

Cut to outside a church where we see 2 grooms walk out of it.

Cut inside a reception hall, we see 2 grooms kiss one another in front of a wedding cake.

These are nobody’s memories.

Cut to 2 grooms walking out of a church after their wedding.

Cut to a backyard where we see a gay male couple standing under an awning with wedding party members standing around them. One dips his head onto the shoulder of the other in a very loving way.

There was nothing borrowed or blue.

Cut to 2 brides dancing in a reception hall.

Cut to outside a house where we see a groom open the door of a vintage car for another groom. The camera pans to the left to see the families of the grooms watching them get into the car.

No one walked down the aisle.

Cut to 2 grooms, one of the grooms is sitting on a chair. He throws a bouquet behind him to a group of people.

Nobody recalls if there was a chance of rain on the day.

Cut to 2 brides outside a church, they share a kiss.

Cut to 2 brides walking down stairs from a church after their wedding.

No witnesses were needed.

Cut to 2 grooms sharing a first dance, they look towards camera.

Cut to 2 military grooms walking down the aisle with rice and flower petals being thrown on them.

Cut to 2 brides in a back of a car, they share a kiss.

No one said, I do.

Cut to a vintage car driving away with tin cans and a ‘Just Married’ sign attached to it.

SUPER:

For all the memories that never happened.

Let’s make marriage legal for everyone, everywhere.

Lovemadelegal.com

PFLAG CANADA