Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
This feature documentary delves into the rich history of Canadian queer women’s experiences in the mid-20th century. Compelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, the women interviewed in this film recount stories about their search for the places where openly gay women gathered in urban centres. Contemporary interviews, archival footage, and a stylized fictional narrative based on the pulp novels of the 1950s are woven throughout this simultaneously funny, heartbreaking, and empowering film. Forbidden Love brings an important and empowering history of lesbian sexuality in Canada out of the closet.
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This feature documentary delves into the rich history of Canadian queer women’s experiences in the mid-20th century. Compelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, the women interviewed in this film recount stories about their search for the places where openly gay women gathered in urban centres. Contemporary interviews, archival footage, and a stylized fictional narrative based on the pulp novels of the 1950s are woven throughout this simultaneously funny, heartbreaking, and empowering film. Forbidden Love brings an important and empowering history of lesbian sexuality in Canada out of the closet.
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réalisateurAerlyn WeissmanLynne Fernie
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scénarioAerlyn WeissmanLynne Fernie
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producteurMargaret PettigrewGinny Stikeman
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producteur exécutifGinny StikemanRina Fraticelli
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photographieZoe Dirse
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caméra d'animationLynda PelleyPierre Landry
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sonJustine Pimlott
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montageCathy GulkinDenise Beaudoin
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montage sonoreJackie NewellChris Crilly
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ré-enregistrementJean-Pierre Joutel
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musiqueKathryn Moses
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interprèteStephanie MorgensternLynne AdamsMarie-Jo ThérioGeorge ThomasLory WainbergAnn-Marie MacDonaldMichael CopelandKeely MollAnn BannonStephanie OzardReva HutkinLois M. StuartNairobiJeanne HealyCarol Ritchie-MacKintoshAmanda WhiteRuth Christine
Comment les lois contre les LGBTQ ont-elles évolué au Canada au fil des décennies? En quoi les centres urbains constituaient-ils un refuge pour les femmes LGBTQ venues de petites agglomérations rurales du pays? Les différentes histoires du film se trouvent entrecoupées d’images de romans de gare sur les lesbiennes : en quoi la culture populaire influe-t-elle aujourd’hui sur l’identité des personnes qui se sentent marginalisées?
