Old Lesbians, a documentary about the Project made by Meghan McDonough
Here at the Project, we’ve watched it several times already and we have to echo what we’d heard recently:
“I’ve seen it now several times and it means more every time. It was so good to hear the voices.”
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How To Stream the documentary Old Lesbians
Filmmaker Meghan McDonough has entered into an arrangement with The Guardian (an independently owned news source) so that you can stream the film at anytime. You can access it thru the Guardian’s website www.theguardian.com (enter Old Lesbians in the search box) or use this link to take you directly there: tinyurl.com/5n83tett How The Documentary Came About
Meghan shared a bit about herself and working on the film project: “My name is Meghan McDonough, and I’m the director and editor of this film. Ten years out as a queer woman, I am still seeking real representation of my community wherever I can. I was deeply moved when I learned about OLOHP online and reached out to Arden. When we spoke, she emphasized that these are entire life stories, from beginning to end, in a woman’s own words. Each interviewee has a chance to add in or take out the parts of her own life that she wants to share. At the end of the process, she gets a bound copy of her own herstory. This summer, I had a chance to visit the archive in person at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College with my collaborator, the photographer Rengim Mutevellioglu. We witnessed firsthand the love and care baked into each herstory– pages of research about how to prepare for an oral history and make interviewees comfortable; meticulous documentation of names, dates, and locations at the beginning of each recording; and scanned photos mounted on squares of cut-out purple paper. It’s a masterclass on how to write the world we want to read." |
Contact the Filmmaker
Learn more about Meghan's works and contact her: www.meghanemcdonough.com/ Reviews of the film Click here for the article in The Guardian reviewing the film: tinyurl.com/4zuudsev Check out a recent article that was published by NBC Out and Proud entitiled ‘Old Lesbians’ documentary highlights the importance of recording ‘herstory’. tinyurl.com/56twjmh4 Or read another article reviewing the film on the glaad website glaad.org/tag/meghan-mcdonough/ 
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