Aerlyn Weissman (partial data)

Films directed by Aerlyn Weissman

• A Winter Tan (1987)  (also known as: "Un hiver au soleil")
• Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
• Without Fear (1993)  (also known as: "Pour ne plus avoir peur")
• Fiction and Other Truths: A Film about Jane Rule (1994)
• Jane Rule... Writing (1997)
• WebCam Girls (2005)

For QUOTES about a specific film by Aerlyn Weissman, please see:   Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives   

Bibliography for Aerlyn Weissman

Section 1: Publications about Aerlyn Weissman

Book Chapters

• Bjornson, Michelle. "Making Documentary Films: Panel Discussion with Nicole Giguère, Brenda Longfellow, Loretta Todd, and Aerlyn Weissman." In Women Filmmakers: Refocusing, edited by Jacqueline Levitin, Judith Plessis, and Valerie Raoul, 208-216. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003.

Section 2: Publications about the Films of Aerlyn Weissman

Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)

Books

• Bruce, Jean, and Gerda Cammaer. Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015.

Book Chapters

• Bruce, Jean. "Queer Cinema at the NFB: The 'Strange Case' of Forbidden Love." In Candid Eyes: Essays on Canadian Documentaries, edited by Jim Leach and Jeannette Sloniowski, 164-180. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
• Goldie, Terry. "Talking Forbidden Love: An Interview with Lynne Fernie." Interview with Lynne Fernie. In In a Queer Country: Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context, edited by Terry Goldie, 50-68. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2001.
• Hays, Matthew. "Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman: Out of the Shadows." Interview with Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman. In The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers, 112-124. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007.
• Rich, B. Ruby. "True Stories of Forbidden Love." ["This chapter originally appeared as 'Making Love', Village Voice, March 24, 1992."] In New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut, 53-57. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2013.

Brief Sections of Books

• Bruce, Jean. "Querying / Queering the Nation." In Gendering the Nation: Canadian Women's Cinema, edited by Kay Armatage, Kass Banning, Brenda Longfellow, and Janine Marchessault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. (pp. 282-287)
• Gittings, Christopher E. Canadian National Cinema: Ideology, Difference and Representation. London: Routledge, 2002. (pp. 293-295)
• Waugh, Thomas. The Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. (pp. 155-157)

Journal Articles

• Bruce, Jean. "Querying or 'Queering' the Nation: The Lesbian Postmodern and Canadian Women's Cinema." Canadian Journal of Film Studies / Revue canadienne d'études cinématographiques 5, no. 2 (Autumn 1996): 35-50.

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• Aitken, Will. "'A history film with good sex': This nose-thumbing NFB documentary about the repressed lives of lesbians in the fifties tells its story with a salty directness." Globe and Mail, November 19, 1992.

Archival Collections

• Cinemathèque québécoise (Montréal, Québec)