A short film on the life shared by two
women in love has gone viral on the Internet.
The 2-minute-20-second video has
received nearly 20,000 views on YouTube since its release last
Sunday.
Producers said the short film was
inspired by last year's highly successful marriage equality video
It's Time, which was produced
by the Australian progressive group GetUp.
And much like that film, Love is
Love doesn't reveal the main character's companion until the film's final
frames.
In the video, a woman (played by
Heather Horton) is seen baking for her partner, holding her newborn
child, fighting with her daughter, and being helped to drink from a
glass as she lays in a hospital bed. A bouquet of roses are laid on
a cemetery marker. And as the camera turns around, a woman (Rebecca
Wackler) is seen grieving. (The video is embedded on this page.
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The film was written by writer-producer
Amanda Deibert of Los Angeles, who also played the role of the
daughter.
“This was inspired by the It's
Time ad,” Deibert
said in blog post. “I wanted something from a lesbian point of
view. I made this to put my feelings about the marriage equality
debate somewhere. I wrote it the day [North Carolina] passed their
terrifyingly discriminatory law and being from there, it broke my
heart. I was fortunate enough to work a bunch of lovely and talented
people and I think it came out beautifully.”
(Related: Australian
gay marriage video It's
Time
racks up 3 million YouTube views.)