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About the Film

LESBIAN CUSTODY (dir. Samuel Topiary) explores the personal and political legacy of IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN (1977), a groundbreaking lesbian feminist documentary distributed by Women Make Movies that gave voice to mothers fighting for custody of their children in the face of rampant homophobia. Nearly fifty years later, filmmaker Frances Reid — one of the film’s original creators — reconnects with Julie Stevens, the daughter of Liz Stevens, Reid’s late partner and co-director. 

Together, Frances and Julie revisit the film’s archives, revealing an era when coming out as a lesbian could mean losing your family, your livelihood, and your children. As they reflect on their pasts and the struggles of lesbian mothers and the children caught in the middle, LESBIAN CUSTODY intertwines personal memory with the collective history of a movement determined to redefine family and justice.

Part archival excavation, part intimate reunion, LESBIAN CUSTODY captures a conversation across generations, between a filmmaker and a child of the movement, about what was lost, what endures, and why this forgotten history of lesbian motherhood still matters today. 

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