“The Constant Process” - September 16, 2009 / 7:30 p.m.
  - PFLAG Los Angeles presents Mormon Filmmaker Douglas Hunter and his bridge building film about lesbian Episcopalian Priest Susan Russell

Douglas Hunter, a Mormon father of three, knows that change is the Constant Process.  He began thinking that “gay Christian” was a contradiction. Then he met the Rev. Susan Russell, a lesbian and an Episcopalian priest. 

Although skeptical about working with Hunter, Russell agreed to the film in the hope of building bridges of understanding to those opposed to marriage equality and intolerant of LGBT relationships of any kind.

Russell narrates the film, most of which was shot in her office. She describes the way her spirituality arises from her fullest, deepest self.  Integral to that self is her sexual orientation, which is not purely or even primarily physical, but about emotional and spiritual intimacy.

In the process of making the film, the two developed an unlikely but deep friendship.  During the bruising and divisive fight over Proposition 8, Hunter spoke out in favor of marriage equality, often with Russell at his side.

The deep message of the film is one that PFLAG members know well:  the power of each individual’s true story. It is also one of hope—that bridges of understanding can be built across gulfs of dogma and belief. As Hunter puts it: “When we find ourselves with what seems to be an impossible impasse, that's where real opportunities are.”

Opportunities for enemies to become friends.

Visit the The Constant Process website.

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