Jim Loves Jack
| Jim Loves Jack | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Adkin |
| Starring |
Jim Egan Jack Nesbit |
Release dates | January 19, 1996 |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Jim Loves Jack is a Canadian documentary film, released in 1996.[1] Directed by David Adkin, the film is a documentary about Jim Egan and John Norris "Jack" Nesbit,[2] a same-sex couple who were at the centre of the landmark Supreme Court of Canada case Egan v. Canada, which established sexual orientation as a prohibited basis of discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Egan also had a longer history as an activist, having been Canada's first prominent LGBT rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s before retreating into a quieter domestic life with the more publicity-averse Nesbit.[3]
The film had its theatrical premiere in Toronto on January 19, 1996.[1] It was screened at various documentary and LGBT film festivals, and had television broadcasts on VisionTV[1] and Knowledge Network.[2]
Notes
- 1 2 3 "Film fest heads downtown for a moving experience". Toronto Star, December 15, 1995.
- 1 2 "Canada's pioneer gay activist subject of new TV documentary". Victoria Times-Colonist, January 6, 1996.
- ↑ "Gay community has lost a hero ; James Egan started fighting for equal rights in the 1940s". Toronto Star, March 16, 2000.