Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Aerlyn Weissman
Stephanie Morgenstern
Lynn Adams
Marie-jo Therio
George Thomas
Lory Wainberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Threading their project together with fictional sequences of lesbian love--fifties pulp novel style--the filmmakers have woven a complex oral history as recounted by black, native and white women from across Canada, ranging in age from 40 to 70, and living in both rural and urban settings.
Cast
Stephanie Morgenstern
Lynn Adams
Marie-jo Therio
George Thomas
Lory Wainberg
Keely Moll
Stephanie Ozard
Ann Bannon
Reva Hutkin
Lois M Stuart
Nairobi Nelson
Jeanne Healy
Amanda White
Carol Ritchie-mackintosh
Ruth Christine
Anne-marie Macdonald
Crew
Denise Beaudoin
Denis Boucher
Chris Crilly
Mary Ellen Davis
Zoe Dirse
Lynn Fernie
Lynn Fernie
Rina Fraticelli
Victoria Frodsham
Victoria Frodsham
Sue Gourley
Gisele Guilbault
Gisele Guilbault
Cathy Gulkin
Louis Hone
Jean-pierre Joutel
Andree Lachapelle
Pierre Landry
Andy Malcolm
Nicoletta Massone
Kathryn Moses
Kathryn Moses
Jacqueline Newell
Lynda Pelley
Margaret Pettigrew
Justine Pimlott
Nadia Rona
Geeta Sondhi
Ginny Stikeman
Ginny Stikeman
John E Walker
Aerlyn Weissman
Aerlyn Weissman
Janet Wilson
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of a 1993 Genie Award for best feature-length documentary.
Released in United States 2009
Released in United States April 1993
Released in United States April 1994
Released in United States August 4, 1993
Released in United States July 1995
Released in United States June 1994
Released in United States March 1994
Released in United States November 1992
Released in United States November 1993
Released in United States September 1992
Shown at Champaign-Urbana Lesbian & Gay Film Festival April 7-17, 1994.
Shown at Frankfurt Lesbian & Gay Film Festival April 13-17, 1994.
Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (Spotlight On the NFB at 70) April 30-May 10, 2009.
Shown at London Film Festival November 6-21, 1992.
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (Spotlight On the NFB at 70) April 30-May 10, 2009.)
Released in United States March 1994 (Shown at Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival March 18-21, 1994.)
Shown at Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival July 6-16, 1995.
Shown at Stockholm Gay Film Festival November 22-27, 1993.
Shown at Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival March 18-21, 1994.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Perspective Canada) September 10-19, 1992.
Shown at Turin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival April 14-19, 1993.
Released in United States April 1993 (Shown at Turin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival April 14-19, 1993.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Champaign-Urbana Lesbian & Gay Film Festival April 7-17, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Frankfurt Lesbian & Gay Film Festival April 13-17, 1994.)
Released in United States June 1994 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "25 Years of Exposure" June 17-23, 1994.)
Released in United States July 1995 (Shown at Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival July 6-16, 1995.)
Released in United States August 4, 1993 (Film Forum; New York City)
Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Perspective Canada) September 10-19, 1992.)
Released in United States November 1992 (Shown at London Film Festival November 6-21, 1992.)
Released in United States November 1993 (Shown at Stockholm Gay Film Festival November 22-27, 1993.)
