Forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives / directed by Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fernie, Lynne, director.

Weissman, Aerlyn, director.

National Film Board of Canada, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--Canada--Social conditions--20th century.

Lesbians.

Lesbians' writings, Canadian--20th century.

Lesbians' writings, Canadian.

Pulp literature, Canadian--20th century.

Pulp literature, Canadian.

Lesbians--Canada--History.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [1992]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Compelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, the women interviewed in Forbidden Love recount stories about their first loves and their search for the places where openly gay women gathered in mid-20th century urban centers. Against a soundtrack of pop hits and a backdrop of pulp novel covers, archival footage, and tabloid headlines, these women's coming-of-age experiences in the 1950s and '60s are explored with grace, humor, and irreverence. With the candor of survivors of struggle, the women offer an affecting portrait of a community once consigned to silence and exile. Forbidden Love brings an important and empowering history of lesbian sexuality in Canada out of the closet. Re-mastered in HD.

Participant:

Stephanie Morgenstern, Lynne Adams, Marie-Jo Thério and others.

Credits:

Director of photography, Zoe Dirse ; edited by Cathy Gulkin, Denise Beaudoin ; music, Kathryn Moses.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 14, 2016).

OCLC:

945217427

Publisher Number:

nf-forbid Docuseek2