GabrielleO’Brien’simpressivelyresearchedandeloquently
arguedaccountofthis 1980 documentarybyDigby
DuncanandtheOnein SevenCollectiveservesasa
reminderof how intricatelyinterwovenfilm and politics
canbe.AsO’Brienwrites,citingtheworkof researcher
SamanthaSearle,‘[I]n order to adequatelyassessqueer
cinemaculture,it cannotbeextractedfromitspolitical
framework’– andheressayengagescloselywiththisthe
sis as she bringsto life this significantfilm of forty years
ago. She sees the film as a turningpoint in cinema’sdeal
ings with what was then a highlycontentious matter.
Brian McFarlane, Series Editor