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LGBTQIA2+ Playlist (Ages 15-17)

7 films
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The purpose of this playlist is to provide people within the LBGTQIA2+ community a way to see themselves represented on screen while introducing those outside the community to the issues faced every day. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Twitch Pepper I Still Love Them Last Chance Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives Open Secrets When Love is Gay Cure for Love John and Michael Doctors with Heart

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LGBTQIA2+ Playlist (Ages 15-17)

The purpose of this playlist is to provide people within the LBGTQIA2+ community a way to see themselves represented on screen while introducing those outside the community to the issues faced every day.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Twitch
Pepper
I Still Love Them
Last Chance
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
Open Secrets
When Love is Gay
Cure for Love
John and Michael
Doctors with Heart

Playlist

  • Last Chance
    Last Chance
    Paul Émile d'Entremont 2012 1 h 24 min
    This feature documentary tells the stories of 5 asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. They face hurdles integrating into Canada, fear deportation and anxiously await a decision that will change their lives forever.
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  • Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
    Aerlyn Weissman  &  Lynne Fernie 1992 1 h 24 min
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  • Open Secrets
    Open Secrets
    José Torrealba 2003 52 min
    This provocative documentary uncovers a lost chapter in Canadian military history: how the Armed Forces dealt with homosexual behaviour among soldiers, during and after World War II. More than 60 years later, a group of five veterans, barely adults when they enlisted, break the silence to talk about how homosexual behaviour "was even more unmentionable than cancer." Yet amidst the brutality of war, instances of sexual awakening among soldiers and officers were occuring. Initially, the Army overlooked it, but as the war advanced, they began to crack down: military tribunals, threats of imprisonment, discharge and public exposure. After the war, officers accused of homosexuality were discharged. Back home in Canada, reputations and careers were ruined. For the young men who had served their country with valour, this final chapter was often too much to bear. Based on the book Courting Homosexuals in the Military by Paul Jackson.
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  • When Love Is Gay
    When Love Is Gay
    Laurent Gagliardi 1995 48 min
    This documentary explores and debunks myths about male homosexuality. Examining relationships between men - from long-standing monogamous partnerships to brief encounters - the film features men of all ages talking openly about their sexuality and the challenges of self-acceptance in a straight, often homophobic society. Drawing from intimate interviews as well as action scenes ranging from a steamy dance floor in Montreal's gay village to a gay ex-policeman lecturing to future officers, When Love is Gay brushes a realistic portrait of an evolving gay culture.
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  • Cure for Love
    Cure for Love
    Francine Pelletier  &  Christina Willings 2008 59 min
    Cure for Love is a full-length documentary about a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. The film brings us inside this unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs.
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  • John and Michael
    John and Michael
    Shira Avni 2004 10 min
    This animated short pays tribute to two men with Down syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Narrator Brian Davis brings the characters to life with great sensitivity.
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  • Doctors with Heart
    Doctors with Heart
    Tahani Rached 1994 1 h 52 min
    Tahani Rached’s powerful documentary enters the doors of an AIDS clinic in Montreal. We meet a group of dedicated doctors struggling to provide health care to their patients. This 1994 film explores legal and ethical problems surrounding HIV/AIDS and the struggle against fear, rumours and prejudice. It is still relevant today. In French with English subtitles.
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