From: Minotaur@cup.portal.com (Frank - Swilling)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: The GLBO-Centered Film List
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:05:06 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

The soc.motss Lesbian-Centered Domestic Film List
5th of 7 Lists
compiled by Frank Swilling

Because the Dawn - 1988 (Lesbian - Drama: An alluring, upbeat, modern
     day vampire musical comedy set to swing tunes.  Sax-playing Vampire
     Marie seduces sports photographer Ariel from behind the camera.)
Born in Flames - 1983 (Lesbian - Drama: After the a socialist revolution
     goes sour, a diverse group of women unite to spread the truth about
     the government.)
Desert Hearts - 1985 (Lesbian - Drama: An English professor goes to Reno
     to get a divorce, and falls in love with a young woman who works at
     a dude ranch.)
The Fox - 1968 (Lesbian/Bisexual - Drama: Two women running a remote
     chicken farm in Canada are lovers until a man comes along; then
     one of them discovers heterosexuality, and the other ends up dead.)
Fried Green Tomatoes - 1991 (Lesbian - Comedy/Drama: Some may quibble
     about whether or not Idgie and Ruth count as lesbians, since it is
     never spelled out, but *we* know, don't we?  Straight, middle-aged,
     middle class frump Evelyn Couch gets lessons in personal liberation
     from elderly Ninny Thorogood, who tells her the story of Idgie's
     and Ruth's unconventional friendship.)
Illusions - 1982 (Lesbian - Drama: A black woman who passed as white in
     Hollywood during the 1940's has a relationship with a black woman
     singer who provides the voice for a white movie star.)
The Killing of Sister George - 1968 (Lesbian - Drama: An aging lesbian
     actress loses everything, including her young lover, when the
     character she plays on a BBC soap opera gets killed off.)
Lesbionage - 1988 (Lesbian - Drama: Two detectives who are also lovers
     investigate a blackmail plot against a lesbian congresswoman.)
Lianna - 1983 (Lesbian - Drama:  A young mother falls in love with her
     psychology professor and slowly comes to terms with her sexuality
     and independence.)
Long Awaited Pleasure - 1987 (Lesbian - Comedy/Drama: Two lesbians leave
     their emotional baggage behind and start over.)
Love Game - 1990 (Lesbian - Comedy: A famous lesbian tennis player meets
     a girl she wants to get to know.)
Out of Our Time - 1989 (Lesbian - Drama: This film contrasts the personal
     experiences, choices, and desires of a contemporary lesbian couple
     named Valeri and Marilyn with those of Valeri's grandmother in the
     1930's.)
Personal Best - 1982 (Lesbian/Bisexual - Drama: Two female jocks training
     for the Olympics fall in love and have an affair, but at least for
     one, lesbianism is just a phase she's going through.)
A Question of Love - 1978 (Lesbian - Drama: A made-for-TV movie about a
     lesbian mother's fight for custody of her son.  Her homophobic
     ex-husband drags her through the mud and the courts.)
She Must Be Seeing Things - 1987 (Lesbian - Drama: A lawyer and a film-
     maker are lovers, and while the lawyer has a jealous fit over the
     filmmaker's diaries, which describe her past exploits with male
     lovers, the movie juxtaposes scenes from the filmmaker's film,
     which is about a nun fighting sexual repression in a 17th century
     convent.)
Two in Twenty: A Lesbian Soap Opera - 1988 (Lesbian - Comedy:  A 5-part
     lesbian soap opera which focuses on the day-to-day problems of
     two lesbian households.  Includes satirical commercials with a
     lesbian/feminist slant and outtakes.)
Waiting for the Moon - 1983 (Lesbian - Biography: Beautifully filmed
     but emotionally uninvolving exploration of the relationship between
     Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.)
Waking Up: A Love Story - 1988 (Lesbian - Drama: A young woman gets a
     taste of lesbian love and soon become's the town's number one
     lesbian.)
The War Widow - 1976 (Lesbian - Drama: Made-for-TV movie about a woman
     who falls in love with another woman while her husband is off
     fighting WWI.  When he returns, she has to decide whether or not
     to leave him and her child to be with her lover.)
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