Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
September 17, 1992Release Date
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
September 17, 1992Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Stephanie Morgenstern
Laura
Lynne Adams
Mitch
Marie-Jo Thério
Beth
George Thomas
Bill
Lory Wainberg
Bartender
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Narrator
Keely Moll
Self
Stephanie Ozard
Self
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
Michael Copeland
DJ (voice)
Aerlyn Weissman
Director / Writer
Lynne Fernie
Director / Writer
Ginny Stikeman
Producer / Executive Producer
Cathy Gulkin
Editor
Zoe Dirse
Director of Photography
Lynda Pelley
Animation
Pierre Landry
Animation
Rina Fraticelli
Executive Producer
Justine Pimlott
Sound
Kathryn Moses
Music
Jackie Newell
Sound Editor
Denise Beaudoin
Editor
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Crilly
Sound Editor
Margaret Pettigrew
Producer
Julie Warren
Electrician
Ross Higgins
Researcher
Carolyn Walters
Production Assistant
Cathia Degre
Scenic Artist
Francine Gagnon
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jill Haras
Assistant Camera
Nicci Cohnstaedt
Assistant Electrician
Nathalie Trépanier
Hairdresser / Makeup Artist
Michèle Nolet
Set Decoration
Carolyn Wong
Assistant Camera
Jan Elliott
Electrician
Robin Lupita Bain
Second Assistant Camera
Marie Nicole Pelletier
Hairdresser
Nadia Rona
Casting
Karyn Hall
Production Assistant
Geeta Sondhi
Production Manager
Glibert Lucu
Unit Manager
René Daigle
Assistant Camera
Lynn Chamberland
Researcher
Kim MacNaughton
Assistant Camera
Andrée Lachapelle
Location Manager
Marianne Culbert
Researcher
Denis Boucher
Art Direction
Roger Martin
Electrician
Marc Hénaut
Gaffer
Dawn Nichol
Assistant Camera
Ruby Dennis
Production Assistant
Glace W. Lawrence
Production Assistant
Christine Lalande
Continuity
Annie Buckley
Electrician
Beth Follett
Production Assistant
Jan Marc Côté
Carpenter
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives is a 1992 Canadian hybrid drama-documentary film about Canadian lesbians navigating their sexuality while homosexuality was still criminalized. Interviews with lesbian elders are juxtaposed with a fictional story, shot in fifties melodrama style, of a small-town girl's first night with another woman. It also inserts covers of lesbian pulp fiction. The film presents the stories of lesbians whose desire for community led them on a search for the few public beer parlours or bars that would tolerate openly queer women in the 1950s and 60s in Canada. It was written and directed by Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman and featured author Ann Bannon. It premiered at the 1992 Toronto Festival of Festivals and was released in the United States on 4 August 1993. It was produced by Studio D, the women's studio of the National Film Board of Canada.
In May 2014, the National Film Board of Canada ("NFB") re-released the film in a digitally remastered version.