In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction

"When I was growing up they said that gay people didn't have - and couldn't have - children. Well, we did have children, you know, and it was the generation coming after us." (MGFF23 #2)

Jess

This sure is a documentary that takes 100 minutes and is mostly authors talking about their own works, one after the other! Comprehensive overview of 20th century lesbian fiction but at some point it gets repetitive. There are a lot of valuable interviews and statements in…

Mina

qué chulada…. quiero leerlas a todas las mejores 😭👏

lucía

While this gave me a bunch of titles to add onto my ever growing reading list (and inspired me to finish my own novel) I wish it gave WAY more context.  The interview subjects are interesting and are great speakers. Their insight is fascinating. But this documentary…

Kyle Marshall

LesGaiCineMad, Sala Artistic Metropol

fran

Så vi denne for faglig utbytte, eller for å sjekke damer på vega? Hmmm vanskelig å vite

Mira

The cut to every woman talking about Well of Loneliness at the beginning, so real lol. A bit sparse and fundamental in its execution but still special to gather all of these authors together and listen to them💖 I need way more of the backstory to this possible love…

Anna

This is fine for history, but the kind of documentary that there is so much of every year now that I've seen so many of, that I don't get interested in the film itself other than just having an interest in the topic: a talking head expert every moment, and a new image every…

Optical Noise

Watched at the Geelong Pride Film Festival 2023 🌈  I felt like this documentary had so much potential. Excellent interviews as well as a huge collection of archival footage and images. However, where it fell flat for me was in its structure. The material was presented as…

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