From Russia in Love

From Russia in Love

same-sex marriage, LGBT rights

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.

Nancy Nicol

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.

2009-10-23

Copyright held by Nancy Nicol

.mp4

English, Russian

Moving image

2016-074

Toronto

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