HBO Tackles Lesbian Love

By Sushuma March 5, 2000 2:29 AM

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(CNN)-Hollywood has certainly come a long way, baby. Case in point: Tuesday's premiere of the HBO lesbian anthology "If These Walls Could Talk 2", a trilogy of short films featuring high-profile talent depicting the changing American lesbian experience. "Walls", which airs on HBO March 5, is the sequel to HBO's popular 1996 compendium tackling abortion. The trilogy has a simple message, says comedian Ellen DeGeneres, whose partner, Anne Heche, wrote and directed the third segment of "Walls". "We're putting a face on something that a lot of people don't understand," says DeGeneres, who also stars in the third segment with Sharon Stone. "And we want to give people some information before they make up their minds and judge us." Love abounds in "Walls." The first segment, set in 1961, features screen and stage veteran Vanessa Redgrave playing a lesbian shut out of any decision-making after her longtime partner's death. In the next installment, set in 1972, "Dawson's Creek" star Michelle Williams plays Linda, a cutesy college lesbian who falls for motorcycle-straddling, tough-girl Amy, played by critical favorite Chloe Sevigny. The fact that Amy is more masculine than all of the buff guys on "Baywatch" causes a rift between Linda and her friends, who just don't get Amy. The last segment, set in the present, has Sharon Stone and DeGeneres playing a lesbian couple. The two desperately want a child, by any means necessary. When their gay friends back out, leaving them without sperm donors, Stone and DeGeneres head to the sperm bank. More...

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