From Russia in Love
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Title
From Russia in Love
Subject
same-sex marriage, LGBT rights
Description
Clip features Irina Shipitko and Irina Fedotova-Fet, two Russian women who came to Toronto in October 2009 from their home in Moscow to be married, after their application was denied by the Moscow State Registry Office. The clip includes a press conference with the two women, interpreted by their lawyer Nicolas Alexeyev, and including immigration lawyer El Farouk Khaki. Clip also includes, a greeting by Mayor David Miller, the marriage ceremony conducted by Justice Harvey Brownstone, and a speech by Helen Kennedy, Executive director of Egale Canada.
Creator
Nancy Nicol
Source
The clip is part of the original footage for the documentary series "From Criminity to Equality", including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol.
Date
2009-10-23
Rights
Copyright held by Nancy Nicol
Format
.mp4
Language
English, Russian
Type
Moving image
Identifier
2016-074
Coverage
Toronto
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Local URL
Citation
Nancy Nicol, “From Russia in Love,” The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions, accessed December 10, 2023, https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/637.