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Feature film — 1992

Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)

6.81h 25mDocumentary — History

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".

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A high-signal pick with 16 votes.

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Director: Aerlyn Weissman

On screen

Cast & crew

Stephanie Morgenstern as Laura

Stephanie Morgenstern

Laura

Lynne Adams as Mitch

Lynne Adams

Mitch

M

Marie-Jo Thério

Beth

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George Thomas

Bill

L

Lory Wainberg

Bartender

Ann-Marie MacDonald as Narrator

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Narrator

K

Keely Moll

Self

S

Stephanie Ozard

Self

Ann Bannon as Self

Ann Bannon

Self

R

Reva Hutkin

Self

L

Lois M. Stuart

Self

N

Nairobi

Self

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