The Fruit Machine (2018)
11K Documentary Andrew Currie-Beckstead Barry Deeprose Darl Wood Diane Pitre Diane Vincent Douglas Elliott Johanne Boutin Julie Trudel Leo Morency Lucie Laperle Lynne Gouliquer Mark Sallows Martine Roy Michelle Douglas Patti Gray Paul Fournier Renée Parent Sarah Fodey Suzanne Thibault 2018 7.9 Canada English Sarah Fodey
The Fruit Machine (2018). 1h 21m
“The documentary focuses on first person accounts of some of the thousands directly affected by the purge of gays and lesbians from the Canadian public service and armed forces in the period 1954-1989. From suspicion to surveillance to interrogation and release from employment for no other reason than sexual orientation, thousands of careers and lives were destroyed. A truly sad chapter in Canadian history. This documentary should form part of the curriculum in all Canadian high schools.”
