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The Fruit Machine, about Canada’s attempts to ferret out and fire/discipline/embarrass/collect names from LGBT people working in government service and the military in the mid 20th century, is pretty basic as a documentary, but after sitting through so much quick editing and busy visuals in a lot of recent docs (the Big Star one from a few years ago far from being the worst offender, but the most recent example that I happened to have watched), I found its strategy of just letting its subjects talk refreshing and effective. It helps that the subjects, particularly the military servicewomen who take up the film’s second half, are so forthcoming and engaging, but I could have probably spent another 90 minutes listening to them. I do bring a little bit of personal baggage to the film: I found out a few years back that my late uncle was involved (whether by assignment or just as a hobby, I don’t know) in busting queer people in the Canadian forces back around the same time that a lot of the people interviewed in this film were being harassed and, yes, even raped by their higher ups and colleagues.
I don’t know how accessible the film is outside of Canada, but well worth a look if you’re interested and you can find it. The trailer:
https://youtu.be/xgRnAyo6bJQ
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Saturday, 27 July 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link