Surviving the Silence (2020) was co-written and directed by Cindy L. Abel.
It's a documentary about Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer and Colonel Patsy Thompson.
Both women were colonels in the US Army Nursing Corps. Both women were closeted lesbians. The challenge came when Col. Thompson had to preside over the military hearing that would determine if Col. Cammermeyer would be forced out of the military.
Although the case was well known at the time, the personalities of the women and their partners wasn't known until this film was released.
It's obvious to me that the Army has always made life difficult for gays. lesbians, and transgender people. The system is terrible. However, both these women chose the military, and both of them knew the consequences of their sexual lives being discovered.
That being said, this was a powerful documentary, and definitely worth seeing. It was screened by ImageOut, the excellent Rochester LGBTQ Film Festival. (Shown virtually.) This movie doesn't have an IMDb rating, which means that less than five people have rated it. I gave it a 9.
Both women were colonels in the US Army Nursing Corps. Both women were closeted lesbians. The challenge came when Col. Thompson had to preside over the military hearing that would determine if Col. Cammermeyer would be forced out of the military.
Although the case was well known at the time, the personalities of the women and their partners wasn't known until this film was released.
It's obvious to me that the Army has always made life difficult for gays. lesbians, and transgender people. The system is terrible. However, both these women chose the military, and both of them knew the consequences of their sexual lives being discovered.
That being said, this was a powerful documentary, and definitely worth seeing. It was screened by ImageOut, the excellent Rochester LGBTQ Film Festival. (Shown virtually.) This movie doesn't have an IMDb rating, which means that less than five people have rated it. I gave it a 9.
