If These Walls Could Talk 2 is 3 short stories over 3 separate decades involving lesbian couples. The first story 1961 features Vanessa Redgrave in an Emmy award winning performance playing Edith whose partner has died after a stroke and has to inhere her partners Nephew wanting to sell up her home not ever realising that his Aunt and Edith were in a relationship for over 30 years. 1972 is about Linda (Michelle Williams) who meets and can’t resist Amy another young lesbian who takes on a very masculine appearance much to the ridicule of Linda’s fellow housemates who see themselves as a group of passionate feminists. Finally 2000 which features Sharon Stone and Ellen Degeneres as a loving committed couple who want to have a baby. Some of the issues they must cope with are do they get a friend to help them, do they go to a sperm bank or should they try the treatment at home.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
316560
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Feminist motion pictures
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Alternative lifestyles
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminist motion pictures
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Alternative lifestyles
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Feminist motion pictures
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Gay and lesbian studies
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sexual attraction
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)