Review of A Jihad for Love from a lesbian perspective... "a refreshingly lesbian-inclusive film"

[johanna_hypatia]

http://www.afterellen.com/movies/2008/7/ajihadforloveRead more... )

Comments

[cmcmck]

“They usually arrive by email, and they usually come from people who haven’t seen the film.”

Hmm.....does this sound at all familiar?: 'The life of Brian', fr'instance?

Thanks for this Johnanna. We're looking forward to seeing the film when it hits somewhere in the UK we can actually reach!

[invisione]

Much as I loved the movie, this makes it sound like a lot of time was spent on lesbians in the movie when it was really only a tiny fraction of it.

He's only 35? I thought he was older than either of us. Did they make a typo?

[johanna_hypatia]

I counted six lesbians (three couples) in the film, and seven gay men (none of whom was paired with another). I liked how it showed the women within their relationships.

[johanna_hypatia]

Actually upon seeing it again, I counted 9 or 10 men and only 5 lesbians. Much more screen time was taken up by men, albeit some of them were on only briefly.