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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

  • 19921992
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
Documentary
Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, 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... Read allTen women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, 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... Read allTen women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, 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 fo... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
292
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POPULARITY
47,074
6,955
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    • Directors
      • Lynne Fernie
      • Aerlyn Weissman
    • Writers
      • Lynne Fernie
      • Aerlyn Weissman
    • Stars
      • Keely Moll
      • Stephanie Ozard
      • Ann Bannon
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Lynne Fernie
      • Aerlyn Weissman
    • Writers
      • Lynne Fernie
      • Aerlyn Weissman
    • Stars
      • Keely Moll
      • Stephanie Ozard
      • Ann Bannon
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    • 7User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Keely Moll
    • Self
    Stephanie Ozard
    • Self
    Ann Bannon
    Ann Bannon
    • Self
    Reva Hutkin
    • Self
    Lois M. Stuart
    • Self
    Nairobi
    • Self
    Jeanne Healy
    • Self
    Amanda White
    • Self
    Carol Ritchie-MacKintosh
    • Self
    Ruth Christine
    • Self
    Stephanie Morgenstern
    Stephanie Morgenstern
    • Laura
    Lynne Adams
    Lynne Adams
    • Mitch
    Marie-Jo Therio
    Marie-Jo Therio
    • Beth
    George Thomas
    • Bill
    Lory Wajnberg
    • Bartender
    • (as Lory Wainberg)
    Ann-Marie MacDonald
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Michael Copeland
    • DJ
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Lynne Fernie
      • Aerlyn Weissman
    • Writers
      • Lynne Fernie
      • Aerlyn Weissman
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    • Connections
      Featured in SexTV: Portland: Strip City U.S.A./Strange Sisters: The Golden Age of Lesbian Pulp (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Stupid Cupid
      Performed by Connie Francis

      Courtesy of Polygram Records (Canada)

    User reviews7

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    6/10
    Smart, easy-to-take documentary
    Kitschy paperback covers from the golden days of pulp fiction frame this documentary about a group of gay Canadian women and their separate stories of growing up lesbian in the 1940s-1960s. The reenactments of "forbidden" stories of passion are a little enervated and weak, but the women themselves are funny, smart, candid and exciting to listen to. There are some great quotes here, and plenty of funny and poignant memories; the only thing the movie isn't is suggestive (it doesn't even flirt with being sexy). Striving (and succeeding) to be informative, we still don't get a sense of the sexual thrill behind the headlines. We learn why a married woman would leave her family and surroundings for the embrace of a lesbian lover, but we don't sense the drive and passion that keeps them together in the face of so many obstacles. **1/2 from ****
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    • moonspinner55
    • Aug 27, 2005

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    • Release date
      • June 15, 1995 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 女たちの禁じられた恋
    • Production companies
      • National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
      • Studio D
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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