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‘Add The Words’ Footage In Otter Ad

At the Lewiston Tribune, Joel Mills reports re: ironical footage found in an ad for Idaho Gov. Butch Otter: Boise filmmaker Michael Gough got the surprise of his professional life Tuesday night while surfing campaign ads on the Internet. "All of a sudden I was like 'Wait a minute,' " Gough said of watching one of Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter's TV spots. "I rewound it and said 'Oh my God, that's my shot.'" The interior view of the Idaho Capitol dome is briefly on the screen at the 12-second mark of the ad, titled "Business Testimonial." But Gough said he instantly recognized it as footage that was cut from the documentary "Add the Words" that he produced with Cammie Pavesic earlier this year. Winner of the Audience Choice Runner-Up prize at the Bend Film Festival in Oregon, the feature-length movie follows protesters who unsuccessfully lobbied the 2014 Legislature to add the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Idaho's Human Rights Act. The act bans discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. More here. (AP file photo of "Add the Words" protesters during 2014 Legislature)

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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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