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Anita Louise and the Wild Women

Anita Louise and the Wild Women

ARENA ALAMINO | CANADA | 2025 | 13 MIN | ENGLISH

ARENA ALAMINO | CANADA | 2025 | 13 MIN | ENGLISH

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Synopsis

Anita Louise Martinez dedicated fifty years to capturing Nova Scotia's queer and trans community, including the Wild Women Don't Get the Blues lesbian camping weekends of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Filmmaker Bio

Arena Alamino is a queer photographer and poet based in Nova Scotia. Anita Louise and the Wild Women is her first film.

Producer

Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative

Cast

  • Anita Louise Martinez
  • Lori Ann Goldammer
  • Eric Smith
  • Kim Vance-Mubanga
  • Marjie Lynn
  • Sue Atkinson
  • Catherine Hughes
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