Winter Kept Us Warm
David Secter, director.
Canada, 1965, 16mm, 81 min.

The first gay movie from English Canada is not an obscure museum piece, but a fine dramatic feature that played to festival acclaim around the world in 1965. Winter Kept Us Warm was made on a shoestring budget at the University of Toronto by David Secter (then) a 22-year-old English major from Winnipeg.

The critic's loved it despite its black and white Canadian aura and its forbidden theme. It is sad but strong, rough edged but moving, tender and honest. To see it is to rediscover not only an unjustly neglected Canadian film, but also a poignant moment in gay history.

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