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Jane Anderson Discusses the Legacy of ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’

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Although she’s had career in Hollywood since the early 1980s, writer, producer and director Jane Anderson is perhaps best known for her work on ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’.

A movie that aired on television in 2000, ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’ starred Sharon Stone, Vanessa Redgrave and Ellen DeGeneres (along with several other well-known names) as three lesbian couples in several different time periods. The director of the 1’961′ part of the film, Anderson’s third focused on an elderly couple and when one half of the couple falls ill, the laws of the time meant that she couldn’t see her partner in the hospital and when she passes, she has no rights to the possessions or the house that she left behind.

But a lot has changed since 1961 and Anderson notes that:

“I can’t tell you how far we’ve come. I’m so impressed with our community. It’s breathtaking. What happened with the supreme court last summer that was one of the greatest days of our lives. [If These Walls Could Talk 2] is still quite relevant. We need to be reminded of these things. The lack of validity and the sense of shame back then was overwhelming.”

Jane Anderson

She also gives praise to shows like Transparent, which has many scenes dedicated to showing the stigma towards (trans lead) Maura several decades ago. Anderson explains that it’s “still really important” to tell these stories to show gay millennials just how far the LGBT community has come since then.

As for her future projects, her TV miniseries Olive Kitteridge aired on HBO earlier in the month whilst she is also working on another film similar to ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’.

Whilst Anderson didn’t offer much about the project (she told AfterEllen that it hasn’t been greenlit yet) she did say that it would be set in the 1950s, so we’ll keep you posted on that.

 

 

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