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'''Lynne Fernie''' (born 1946)<ref name=glbtq>[http://www.glbtq.com/arts/fernie_l.html Lynne Fernie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230214003/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/fernie_l.html |date=2008-12-30 }} at [[glbtq.com]]</ref> is a Canadian filmmaker, best known as the co-director with [[Aerlyn Weissman]] of the award-winning 1992 documentary film ''[[Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives]]''.<ref name=glbtq /> Her other films have included ''Fiction and Other Truths: A Film about Jane Rule'' (1995), ''School's Out!'' (1996) and ''Apples and Oranges'' (2003).<ref name=glbtq />
'''Lynne Fernie''' (born 1946)<ref name=glbtq>[http://www.glbtq.com/arts/fernie_l.html Lynne Fernie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230214003/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/fernie_l.html |date=2008-12-30 }} at [[glbtq.com]]</ref> is a Canadian filmmaker, best known as the co-director with [[Aerlyn Weissman]] of the award-winning 1992 documentary film ''[[Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives]]''.<ref name=glbtq /> Her other films have included ''Fiction and Other Truths: A Film about Jane Rule'' (1995), ''School's Out!'' (1996) and ''Apples and Oranges'' (2003).<ref name=glbtq />


Fernie was a founding member of numerous arts and [[LGBT]] organizations in [[Toronto]], including the arts magazines ''[[Fireweed (periodical)|Fireweed]]'' and ''Parallélogramme'', the [[Lesbian Organization of Toronto]] and the [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]].<ref name=glbtq /> She was also a frequent songwriting collaborator with the pop band [[The Parachute Club|Parachute Club]], including on the band's most famous single, "[[Rise Up (Parachute Club song)|Rise Up]]".<ref name=glbtq /> She also collaborated with [[Lorraine Segato]] and [[Richard Underhill]] on "Bringing All the Voices Together", an unofficial "sequel song" to "Rise Up" which was written as a theme song for [[Jack Layton]]'s campaign in the [[New Democratic Party leadership election, 2003]].<ref name=mill>[http://www.carolynvictoriamill.com/jacklayton.htm "Jack Layton Wants To Get This Party Started"]. Carolyn Victoria Mill, January 2003.</ref>
Fernie was a founding member of numerous arts and [[LGBT]] organizations in [[Toronto]], including the arts magazines ''[[Fireweed (periodical)|Fireweed]]'' and ''Parallélogramme'', the [[Lesbian Organization of Toronto]] and the [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]].<ref name=glbtq /> She was also a frequent songwriting collaborator with the pop band [[The Parachute Club|Parachute Club]], including on the band's most famous single, "[[Rise Up (Parachute Club song)|Rise Up]]".<ref name=glbtq /> She also collaborated with [[Lorraine Segato]] and [[Richard Underhill]] on "Bringing All the Voices Together", an unofficial "sequel song" to "Rise Up" which was written as a theme song for [[Jack Layton]]'s campaign in the [[New Democratic Party leadership election, 2003]].<ref name=mill>[http://www.carolynvictoriamill.com/jacklayton.htm "Jack Layton Wants To Get This Party Started"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609003322/http://www.carolynvictoriamill.com/jacklayton.htm |date=2012-06-09 }}. Carolyn Victoria Mill, January 2003.</ref>


She is currently a professor in the [[film studies]] department at [[York University]],<ref name=yorku>[http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/faculty/profs/fernie.htm Lynne Fernie] faculty profile at the [[York University]] Faculty of Fine Arts.</ref> and is a programmer for the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]].<ref name=yorku />
She is currently a professor in the [[film studies]] department at [[York University]],<ref name=yorku>[http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/faculty/profs/fernie.htm Lynne Fernie] faculty profile at the [[York University]] Faculty of Fine Arts.</ref> and is a programmer for the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]].<ref name=yorku />

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Lynne Fernie
Born1946
NationalityCanadian
Occupationdocumentary filmmaker
Known forForbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

Lynne Fernie (born 1946)[1] is a Canadian filmmaker, best known as the co-director with Aerlyn Weissman of the award-winning 1992 documentary film Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives.[1] Her other films have included Fiction and Other Truths: A Film about Jane Rule (1995), School's Out! (1996) and Apples and Oranges (2003).[1]

Fernie was a founding member of numerous arts and LGBT organizations in Toronto, including the arts magazines Fireweed and Parallélogramme, the Lesbian Organization of Toronto and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[1] She was also a frequent songwriting collaborator with the pop band Parachute Club, including on the band's most famous single, "Rise Up".[1] She also collaborated with Lorraine Segato and Richard Underhill on "Bringing All the Voices Together", an unofficial "sequel song" to "Rise Up" which was written as a theme song for Jack Layton's campaign in the New Democratic Party leadership election, 2003.[2]

She is currently a professor in the film studies department at York University,[3] and is a programmer for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]

A portrait of Fernie, by the artist Rafy, is held by the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives' National Portrait Collection, in honour of her role as a significant builder of LGBT culture and history in Canada.[4] She is interviewed in Matthew Hays' Lambda Literary Award-winning book The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lynne Fernie Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at glbtq.com
  2. ^ "Jack Layton Wants To Get This Party Started" Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Carolyn Victoria Mill, January 2003.
  3. ^ a b Lynne Fernie faculty profile at the York University Faculty of Fine Arts.
  4. ^ Inductee: Lynne Fernie. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
  5. ^ Hays, Matthew. "Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman: Out of the Shadows." Interview with Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman. The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers, 112-124. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007.


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