Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)

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".

Released

1992-09-17

Genres

Documentary, History

Runtime

85 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman

TMDB rating

6.8/10 from 16 votes