out at Work

56 minutes, documentary, 1999

produced and directed with Tami Gold

Description

In 1992 Cheryl Summerville, a cook at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia, received a termination paper stating she was fired for "failing to demonstrate normal heterosexual values." She was shocked to discover that in more than 40 states it was legal to fire workers for their sexual orientation. OUT AT WORK chronicles the stories of three workers who seek workplace safety, job security and benefits for gay and lesbian workers.

Highlights

Sundance Film Festival • Broadcast on HBO • GLAAD Award for Best Documentary

 

Ordering info:

Also available on Kanopy.com


 
These subjects are personable, funny and self-aware, affording the documentary an inspiring human dimension beyond blunt agitprop.
— Variety