Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

Lynne Fernie
1992-09-17


6.4
85 min

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".

Cast

Name Character Team
Stephanie Morgenstern Laura Unowned
Lynne Adams Mitch Unowned
Marie-Jo Thério Beth Unowned
George Thomas Bill Unowned
Lory Wainberg Bartender Unowned
Ann-Marie MacDonald Narrator Unowned
Keely Moll Self Unowned
Stephanie Ozard Self Unowned
Ann Bannon Self Unowned
Reva Hutkin Self Unowned
Lois M. Stuart Self Unowned
Nairobi Self Unowned
Jeanne Healy Self Unowned
Amanda White Self Unowned
Carol Ritchie-MacKintosh Self Unowned
Ruth Christine Self Unowned
Michael Copeland DJ (voice) Unowned