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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
19921 h 24 min 35 secFilm: Documentary, Fiction
Direction: Aerlyn WeissmanLynne Fernie
Production: Margaret PettigrewGinny StikemanRina Fraticelli
Script: Aerlyn WeissmanLynne Fernie
Compelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, nine women paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality against a backdrop of tabloid headlines, book covers and dramatizations from lesbian pulp novels.
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Subject categories
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Women > Sexuality and Reproduction
- Diversity > Diversity in CommunitiesIdentity
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
- Health/Personal Development > Sexuality
Credits
- director
- Aerlyn Weissman
- Lynne Fernie
- script
- Aerlyn Weissman
- Lynne Fernie
- producer
- Margaret Pettigrew
- Ginny Stikeman
- executive producer
- Ginny Stikeman
- Rina Fraticelli
- photography
- Zoe Dirse
- animation camera
- Lynda Pelley
- Pierre Landry
- sound
- Justine Pimlott
- editing
- Cathy Gulkin
- Denise Beaudoin
- sound editing
- Jackie Newell
- Chris Crilly
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Kathryn Moses
- cast
- Stephanie Morgenstern
- Lynne Adams
- Marie-Jo Thério
- George Thomas
- Lory Wainberg
- Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Michael Copeland
- Keely Moll
- Ann Bannon
- Stephanie Ozard
- Reva Hutkin
- Lois M. Stuart
- Nairobi
- Jeanne Healy
- Carol Ritchie-MacKintosh
- Amanda White
- Ruth Christine
Awards
- Award of Excellence for Editing (Cathy Gulkin, Denise Beaudoin)Atlantic International Film Festival
- Honorable Mention for Direction (Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie)Atlantic International Film Festival
- Genie Award for Best Feature Length DocumentaryGenie Awards
- GLAAD / L.A. Media Award for Outstanding Independent Film (Lesbian)Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation / GLAAD / L.A. Media Awards
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary FilmGLAAD / Media Awards
- Public Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary - with a cash prize of 20,000FF given by le Conseil général du Val-de-MarneFestival international de films de Femmes
- Honorable Mention - Category: Documentary International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Best DocumentaryInternational Film Festival