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DUSTIN LANCE BLACK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER), GUY PEARCE, AUSTIN P. MCKENZIE, GUS VAN SANT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

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UCLA alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black recently won the Writers Guild of America’s Valentine Davies Award, an honor he was presented with Feb. 11 for his work as an LGBTQ rights activist. Black said he will continue to produce works that raise awareness for social justice issues. (ABC/Phil Bray)

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Dustin Lance Black promised LGBTQ children that they would soon have full, equal federal rights on the stage of the 2009 Academy Awards. After receiving the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his film, “Milk,” the UCLA alumnus stepped away from film to work as an activist, bringing cases of marriage equality to federal courts.

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Screenwriter uses emotional films to spread message about marriage equality

By Olivia Mazzucato

Feb. 14, 2018 12:51 a.m.