I’ll be in Atlanta this afternoon on a panel after the screening of my video, For Such A Time As This, at the 24th annual Out on Film Festival. The documentary short tells the story of out proud lesbian Baptist preacher, Genie Hargrove, who was ordained the Southern Baptist minister of her rural Georgia church in 2004.
My partner, Doug Keith, and I interviewed Genie for StoryCorps last February. That interview (scroll down) became the basis of the video profile. In it, Genie tells the story of how she and her church dealt with the opposition to her ordination.
The church, at the end of a winding dirt road in the [now second] poorest county in the state, was founded in 1791. You may remember 2004 was also the year in which 76% of Georgia voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
The video also contains footage of Genie officiating at our 2009 Renewing Our Commitment ceremony. Below is the 6 minute web version.
Image Credit: StoryCorps, used by permission.