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The Important Thing Is Love (1971)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 51M

Director : Robert Kitts

Synopsis

Lesbian women – butch, femme and everything in between – articulately discuss their lives, experiences and struggles with everyday discrimination, busting the myths that homosexuality is a disease and that gay women are doomed to loneliness.

Actors

Doreen Cordell
Doreen Cordell
Self
Avril Fox
Avril Fox
Self
Charlotte Wolff
Charlotte Wolff
Self

Crews

Robert Kitts
Robert Kitts
Director
Brigid Segrave
Brigid Segrave
Producer
Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart
Camera Operator
Colin Slade
Colin Slade
Editor
Frederick Sharpe
Frederick Sharpe
Sound
Mike Billings
Mike Billings
Sound

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