Thank God I'm a Lesbian
Twelve Canadian, American and French lesbians of various ages, colours and cultures talk candidly and humorously about the many aspects of the lesbian identity. Far from being dogmatic, this documentary is an upbeat series of standpoints.
| Director | Laurie Colbert & Dominique Cardona |
| Actor | Caroline Châtelet |
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It starts by articulating, assuming, asserting and adoring a word: "lesbian". Meeting twelve women, the directors compose a manifold portrait of lesbianism. Interviews facing the camera alternate with footage from the interviewees’ and others’ youth, taken during LGBT demonstrations. Following a thematic thread, the film addresses the issues of relations with their family, feminism, sexual practices (S & M), fidelity and "outing", the act of revealing a person's sexuality. While the accounts – interspersed with the reading of a poem by Quebec writer Nicole Brossard and accompanied by a musical composition by Lee Pui Ming (both interviewees) – highlight the plurality of the experiences, positions and analyses, all of them claim the same sense of liberation they feel living outside heterosexual norms.
Caroline Châtelet
Journalist and critic
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Français
55 mn
Language: Français -
English
55 mn
Language: English
- Année 1992
- Pays Canada
- Durée 55
- Producteur Dykon Films
- Langue French, English
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court Twelve women talk frankly and humourously about the many aspects of lesbian identity.
- Compositeur Lee Pui Ming
It starts by articulating, assuming, asserting and adoring a word: "lesbian". Meeting twelve women, the directors compose a manifold portrait of lesbianism. Interviews facing the camera alternate with footage from the interviewees’ and others’ youth, taken during LGBT demonstrations. Following a thematic thread, the film addresses the issues of relations with their family, feminism, sexual practices (S & M), fidelity and "outing", the act of revealing a person's sexuality. While the accounts – interspersed with the reading of a poem by Quebec writer Nicole Brossard and accompanied by a musical composition by Lee Pui Ming (both interviewees) – highlight the plurality of the experiences, positions and analyses, all of them claim the same sense of liberation they feel living outside heterosexual norms.
Caroline Châtelet
Journalist and critic
-
Français
Duration: 55 minutesLanguage: Français55 mn -
English
Duration: 55 minutesLanguage: English55 mn
- Année 1992
- Pays Canada
- Durée 55
- Producteur Dykon Films
- Langue French, English
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court Twelve women talk frankly and humourously about the many aspects of lesbian identity.
- Compositeur Lee Pui Ming
