“How do you tell a movement’s history without losing the people at its heart?” In this clip Samuel Topiary and Molly Skonieczny, the filmmakers behind LESBIAN CUSTODY, talk about balancing the personal and the political—layering archival history with lived experience to bring a pivotal moment in lesbian feminist filmmaking to life. By reconnecting Frances Reid with Julie Stevens, the daughter of her late partner and collaborator, the film turns a landmark custody battle and activist documentary

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