Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
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Worth a look
1992 · Movie · 1h 25m
The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love".
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Lynne FernieDirector
- Aerlyn WeissmanDirector
- Aerlyn WeissmanWriter
- Lynne FernieWriter
Cast
- Stephanie MorgensternLaura
- Lynne AdamsMitch
- Marie-Jo ThérioBeth
- George ThomasBill
- Lory WainbergBartender
- Ann-Marie MacDonaldNarrator
- Keely MollSelf
- Stephanie OzardSelf
- Ann BannonSelf
- Reva HutkinSelf
- Lois M. StuartSelf
- NairobiSelf
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Themes
canadatoronto, canadalgbtwoman directorfirst nationsbritish columbiaindigenous lgbtlesbianhaidalesbian historylesbianslgbt history