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Old Lesbians

Old Lesbians

MEGHAN MCDONOUGH | USA | 2023 | 29 MIN | ENGLISH EST

MEGHAN MCDONOUGH | USA | 2023 | 29 MIN | ENGLISH EST

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Synopsis

For the last quarter century, Houston native Arden Eversmeyer journeyed across the country to record hundreds of oral "herstories" with a mostly invisible population that is rapidly disappearing. Old Lesbians honors Arden's legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices she preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project, from first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out, and finally from loss to connection.

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Filmmaker Bio

Meghan McDonough is a filmmaker and journalist who directs and edits documentary shorts and series to better understand our world. She won Aesthetica/Audible’s Listening Pitch in 2023 to fund her documentary short Old Lesbians, which has since screened at the longstanding queer film festival BFI Flare as well as universities and community centers from Texas to Alabama to the California State Capitol.

Producer

Stevie Borrello

Cinematographer

Rengim Mutevellioglu + Cassie Coker

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