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Forbidden love the unashamed stories of lesbian lives  Cover Image Video Video

Forbidden love [videorecording] : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives / directed and written by Aerlyn Weissman and Lynn Fernie ; producers, Margaret Pettigrew, Ginny Stikeman ; National Film Board of Canada, Studio D. --

Summary:

Recounts the experiences of Canadian lesbian women in the 1950's and 1960's who sought romance in gay beer parlours and bars. Their stories are interwoven with a fictional love story and set against the tabloids and pulp novels of the time and illustrate the stereotypes and intolerance they faced.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. (VHS).
  • Publisher: Montreal, Quebec : National Film Board of Canada, 1992.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Stephanie Morgenstern, Lynne Adams, Masie-Jo Therio, George Thomas.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. cc
Subject: Lesbians > Canada > Social conditions.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Vancouver Island University Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus HQ 75.6 C3 F67 (Text) M010292100 STACKS Volume hold Available -


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