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The Fruit Machine

It was like finding a family. We were like, I think52 young women, between the age of...

It was like finding a family. We were like, I think
52 young women, between the age of 17
and 20 years-old, maybe some were a little older

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- It was like finding a family.
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We were like, I think 52 young women,
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between the age of 17 and 20 years-old,
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maybe some were a little older.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:01
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.
But it's like - at the beginning you're scared - The Fruit Machine 00:08
But it's like - at the beginning you're scared
Your first time you're leaving your house, your home. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
Your first time you're leaving your house, your home.
And people are yelling after you, telling you what to do. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
And people are yelling after you, telling you what to do.
Basic training for me was a party. - The Fruit Machine 00:08
Basic training for me was a party.
- When I joined I was 18. - The Fruit Machine 00:10
- When I joined I was 18.
And people, I mean the women that I share my platoon with, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
And people, I mean the women that I share my platoon with,
- I was just happy to be part of something big, - The Fruit Machine 00:10
- I was just happy to be part of something big,
And just loved for just doing something good. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
And just loved for just doing something good.
- When I went to Borden, there was four to a room - The Fruit Machine 00:05
- When I went to Borden, there was four to a room
So, if you're already starting, you know, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
So, if you're already starting, you know,
To me, it was the best time for being a woman in the military - The Fruit Machine 00:08
To me, it was the best time for being a woman in the militar...
- I was quite green, I'd say. - The Fruit Machine 00:10
- I was quite green, I'd say.
I remember having a boyfriend, who came when I was civilian, - The Fruit Machine 00:31
I remember having a boyfriend, who came when I was civilian,
I think at that age you're still exploring - The Fruit Machine 00:06
I think at that age you're still exploring
And I'll always remember the time, I was in Borden. - The Fruit Machine 00:08
And I'll always remember the time, I was in Borden.
I was writing letters to a young woman that I fell in love with. - The Fruit Machine 00:07
I was writing letters to a young woman that I fell in love w...
- When the heart speaks, what can you do? - The Fruit Machine 00:05
- When the heart speaks, what can you do?
And it was, at once, - The Fruit Machine 00:33
And it was, at once,
But the stuff that happened in the military was in some ways, - The Fruit Machine 00:11
But the stuff that happened in the military was in some ways...
- We knew there was investigations on the base, - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- We knew there was investigations on the base,