(Columbus, IN ) On Wednesday June 25, 2008 at 6:30pm, the Gay Straight Alliance and the Inclusive Community Coalition will host a special screening of the award-winning documentary, Inlaws & Outlaws. The film, a collection of true stories about love and marriage, will be shown at Bartholomew County Public Library in the Red Room at 536 Fifth Street, Columbus, IN . The screening is free and open to the public.

There will be a small reception and dialogue after the film. The film just seems to fit in with the mission of both the Gay Straight Alliance and the Inclusive Community Coalition,” says Brian Walters who is member of both groups. The film’s director and producer, Drew Emery, launched the Hearts + Minds Campaign as a way of making his film available to communities everywhere. “The film succeeds so well in a variety of community settings — largely because it was made on the community level, features true stories from ordinary people and, rather than preaching a particular point of view, speaks to the heart through very direct storytelling."

Mr. Emery made Inlaws & Outlaws as a way of bridging what he calls the “false divide” between gay and straight people around the contentious topic of love and marriage. “We’ve shown this film with great success in red states and blue states, urban centers and rural communities,” says Emery. “It’s played in churches in Oklahoma, small college towns and to sell-out houses from Cleveland to Seattle — and everywhere we go, we find audiences embrace the idea that love is absolutely the thing that connects us as human beings — and not at all the thing that divides us.”

After Inlaws & Outlaws premiered to sold-out houses at the Seattle International Film Festival, Mr. Emery was chosen as a runner-up for Best Director. The film has since gone on to win the Grand Jury Award at the deadCENTER Film Festival, Best Local Film at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and Best of Fest at the Palm Springs Film Festival. Inlaws & Outlaws has enjoyed limited theatrical runs in both Los Angeles and Seattle during 2007.

The mission of the Inclusive Community Coalition is to foster open dialogue in the community on the topic of sexual orientation and gender identity. The mission of the Gay Straight Alliance is to build a community of inclusiveness, equality, and justice for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more information on the Gay/Straight Alliance, please go to www.GSAColumbusIN. org.