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A public policy and educational-technology consultant, Thomas Stoughton served as the president of the Indiana-based firm Business Consulting Incorporated for 10 years. Aside from building a successful consulting career across different sectors, Thomas Stoughton helped to establish the Heartland International Film Festival, an annual event in Indianapolis, Indiana, held by Heartland Film.
Heartland Film also bestows the Truly Moving Picture Award to films that make significant contributions to society beyond mere entertainment. One of the recent winners of this honor is On the Basis of Sex, which tells the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early career as a legal champion of women’s rights before she was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Played by actress Felicity Jones, the film begins with Ginsburg struggling to use her legal talents because most firms didn’t want to hire a female lawyer. Taking inspiration from her own experience and desiring to make progress for the entire gender, the story follows Ginsburg as she joins with her husband Marty to bring a landmark case before the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn statutes that discriminate on the basis of gender. On the Basis of Sex won the Truly Moving Picture Award because it tells a meaningful tale of persistence in the fight for equal rights.
Thomas Stoughton 
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