Old Lesbians

Old Lesbians are celebrated at GAZE through our screening of Lesvia and this fantastic double-bill of longer lesbian shorts. Recording the lived experiences of cherished dykes of the past is the common theme from these two touching portraits that will have you laughing and crying by turns. 

Presented in proud partnership with our friends at Bealtaine Festival, an Age and Opportunity arts initiative celebrating the arts and creativity as we age. For more details visit bealtaine.ie 

Love Letters

Catharine and Liz, two lesbians in their 80s, recall their enduring relationship through the correspondence they have kept since their first meeting in New York in the 1970s. As an out lesbian with four children, Liz was threatened with legal separation from her family, but won a landmark case that recognized lesbians as mothers, partners, and valid valued members of society. The film won Best Documentary Short at Queens World Film Festival. 

Greta Schiller/ USA/ 2024/ 39m 

Writer: Greta Schiller 

Producer: Andrea Weiss 

Old Lesbians 

‘It’s like taking back the word “lesbian”. We take back the word “old”. We honor it. We revel in it…’ Armed with curiosity, a love of her community, and a recording device, Arden Eversmeyer journeyed across America gathering over eight hundred life stories of old lesbians to create the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project. Filmmaker Meghan McDonough honors that epic undertaking in this emotional exploration of the voices uncovered, many of whom are no longer with us but will live forever thanks to Arden’s work, and this precious film.

Meghan McDonagh/ USA/ 2023/ 29m 

Producer: Stevie Borrello