Earnest and respectful, this celebration of lesbian history and lifestyles hopscotches across continents and centuries and includes several frank and moving interviews with women -- some famous, like the late poet Audre Lord, others not -- for whom
living openly and comfortably with their sexuality has been a lifelong struggle. Clearly a very personal project for Canadian filmmaker Margaret Wescott -- who also directed the acclaimed 1984 documentary
Behind the Veil, about the private lives of nuns - STOLEN MOMENTS nevertheless has the
earnest, slightly out-of-it air of the instructional films that have sent generations of high school students to sleep. At it...
Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins