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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

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

1h 25m | PG-13

⭐ 6.7 / 10

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".

Director: Aerlyn Weissman

Studio: ONF | NFB

Genre: Documentary, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Stephanie Morgenstern

Stephanie Morgenstern

as Laura

Lynne Adams

Lynne Adams

as Mitch

Marie-Jo Thério

Marie-Jo Thério

as Beth

George Thomas

George Thomas

as Bill

Lory Wainberg

Lory Wainberg

as Bartender

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-Marie MacDonald

as Narrator