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The Fruit Machine

The first book they turned, I saw myself, with a group of my friends,standing in front of...

The first book they turned, I saw myself, with a group of my friends,
standing in front of car and I think they did this
on purpose because I couldn't very well say "Well,
I don't know them." I'm there!

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The first book they turned,
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I saw myself,
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with a group of my friends, standing in front of car
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and I think they did this on purpose because I couldn't
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very well say "Well, I don't know them." I'm there!
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:28
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.
- And he began right off the bat - The Fruit Machine 00:04
- And he began right off the bat
It was just a clear-cut statement: - The Fruit Machine 00:11
It was just a clear-cut statement:
But I was very surprised at the level of detail - The Fruit Machine 00:05
But I was very surprised at the level of detail
He wanted to know about my personal life, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
He wanted to know about my personal life,
- After I left there, I was kind of shaking, you know, - The Fruit Machine 00:24
- After I left there, I was kind of shaking, you know,
even if a person wasn't going to be militant in any way, - The Fruit Machine 00:19
even if a person wasn't going to be militant in any way...
- So, it seems like this purge just developed a life - The Fruit Machine 00:09
- So, it seems like this purge just developed a life
I mean my understanding is they had a whole floor - The Fruit Machine 00:33
I mean my understanding is they had a whole floor
- They had this one program where they would - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- They had this one program where they would
And they put dots - they figure - - The Fruit Machine 00:30
And they put dots - they figure -
- National Defence, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
- National Defence,
[Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:14
[Laughter]
Public servants and non-public servants - The Fruit Machine 00:06
Public servants and non-public servants
What became apparent to some of the gay men hanging out there - The Fruit Machine 00:20
What became apparent to some of the gay men hanging out ther...
People would also then realize that - The Fruit Machine 00:14
People would also then realize that
My girlfriend and I would go to the bars in Montreal, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
My girlfriend and I would go to the bars in Montreal,
- We did go to the Montreal bar. - The Fruit Machine 00:08
- We did go to the Montreal bar.
There was only one exit. It was an illegal bar. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
There was only one exit. It was an illegal bar.
- And it was back in the day when you had to ring - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- And it was back in the day when you had to ring
- And she'll look at you and say, - The Fruit Machine 00:12
- And she'll look at you and say,