Donald Goldmacher

Producer Donald Goldmacher is a California-based psychiatrist with a social conscience and a long-term love of film. In 1975, he made his first documentary, DO NO HARM, an expose of American drug companies and their marketing practices. Other film productions followed, primarily in the field of health care -- until 1996, when his work in the mental health arena inspired him to make a film for a more general audience: a documentary about the remarkable life of his older sister’s best friend, Ruthie. "She was like my second older sister," says Goldmacher. "I watched her get married, divorced, and move in with Connie and I suddenly realized that her story, well told, could help straight people deal with homophobia." He then raised some money, assembled a team and by 1998, Deborah Dickson was his Director/Producer. (09/03)