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The Fruit Machine

For me, the reality, becausewhen I went out of there, for me it was the world and me

For me, the reality, because
when I went out of there, for me it was the world and me

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For me, the reality, because when I went out of there,
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for me it was the world and me.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:31
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
SandBay Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Some softened by age and sadness, others loud and angry, the voices of the survivors of Canada’s public service homosexual purge are now united, and determined. They are torqued by decades of silence, years of being ignored. They demand justice, and they want to be heard. Theirs is a story of betrayal that is both national and deeply personal. Men and women who dedicated their lives to public service, some signing oaths of allegiance and servitude; casualties of a political tapestry woven in the fibers of acute security measures that somehow became normalized.
I was not part of it. I was just excluded of it. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
I was not part of it. I was just excluded of it.
So, I could not trust nobody. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
So, I could not trust nobody.
I felt like I let down my whole family. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
I felt like I let down my whole family.
I was like "What am I going to do with this?" - The Fruit Machine 00:13
I was like "What am I going to do with this?"
I remember arriving in Montreal not knowing what to do - The Fruit Machine 00:14
I remember arriving in Montreal not knowing what to do
You just want to forget, so the best is drugs, - The Fruit Machine 00:07
You just want to forget, so the best is drugs,
- I actually cleaned my system of pills, - The Fruit Machine 00:15
- I actually cleaned my system of pills,
I got there, I owe two months rent, I had all kind of bills, - The Fruit Machine 00:14
I got there, I owe two months rent, I had all kind of bills,
But, you know, when they kicked us out, they told us - The Fruit Machine 00:23
But, you know, when they kicked us out, they told us
You know and I was there, and I was like "God, you know, - The Fruit Machine 00:11
You know and I was there, and I was like "God, you know...
How can you be punished for that?" - The Fruit Machine 00:11
How can you be punished for that?"
It's all upside down. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
It's all upside down.
They say we have no proof of her sexual preference, - The Fruit Machine 00:28
They say we have no proof of her sexual preference,
But here, I can't function. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
But here, I can't function.
- Yeah, this was my on-the-job performance - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- Yeah, this was my on-the-job performance
It just basically says what I did in my job - The Fruit Machine 00:06
It just basically says what I did in my job
Like, operating office machinery - very good. - The Fruit Machine 00:18
Like, operating office machinery - very good.
And this was signed on first of March, 1980. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
And this was signed on first of March, 1980.
And in September 1980, I was released from the military. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
And in September 1980, I was released from the military.
So, it's hard to understand why. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
So, it's hard to understand why.