The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

TV Movie
2010
15
1h 32m

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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)

A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.

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7.0/10

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Trivia
Nine years later, Anne Lister's life story was adapted into the TV series Gentleman Jack (2019). Gemma Jones appears in both productions as Aunt Lister.

Quotes
Anne Lister: [opening lines in voice-over] There is one thing that I wish for. There is one thing without which my happiness in this world seems impossible. I was not born to live alone. I must have someone with me. And in loving and being loved, I could be happy.

Connections
Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 26 May 2010 (2010)

Soundtracks
Rock of Ages
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Music by Thomas Hastings
Lyrics by Augustus Montague Toplady

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7/10

Inaccurate depiction of Anne Lister

I agree with review by Karien Van Der Westhuizen. I am very disappointed that despite the progress we have nowadays, none of historical movies can honestly depict historical butch/ftm characters as whom they really were. I am sorry but Anne Lister was not a feminine lesbian as depicted here. I know that TV shows and movies hate butch lesbian/transgender/intersex characters but to distort historical figures again and again is unforgivable. Another example is the feminizing of Queen Kristina's hair and dresses in the movie "The Girl King". Both Queen Kristina and Anne Lister are among the most interesting masculine queer historical figures. Anne was a butch lesbian/ftm, while Queen Kristina was intersex/butch/ftm but both are re-characterized and suppressed to fit the typical Hollywood-styled cisgenders' feminine-lesbian fantasy. Having read about real Anne Lister's lives, I find these movies hard to watch. Otherwise, this movie is fine.