A Secret Love

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A Secret Love

2020

1h 23m

Documentary

Drama

LGBTQ+

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A former baseball player keeps her lesbian relationship a secret from her family for seven decades.

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In telling one couple's story, A Secret Love pays understated yet powerful tribute to a lifetime of choices and sacrifices made in the name of enduring devotion.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

May 21, 2020

"A Secret Love" weaves the couple's remarkable life story into a sensitive and intimate depiction of the two navigating the realities of growing older together...

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Lindsey Bahr

Associated Press

May 21, 2020

3/4

"A Secret Love" is guaranteed to pull at your heartstrings.

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Taryn Allen

Chicago Reader

May 9, 2020

2.5/4

The Chicago-based documentary expertly weaves together LGBTQ history, baseball, and the ups and downs of loving someone for a lifetime.

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Charlotte Harrison

Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies

Sep 19, 2022

A moving and profound love conquers all story.

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Loren King

AWFJ.org

Nov 22, 2021

This fascinating and inspiring look at ordinary LGBT lives woven through history is the best part of the film and the reason to watch.

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Betsy Bozdech

AWFJ.org

Nov 22, 2021

It's the romance between these two women, so ordinary and extraordinary at the same time, that will capture your heart

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Kalissa H.

@kali_416 Dec 10, 2025

Beautiful and also slightly sad at the end

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Tom F

@RT55173143 Nov 1, 2025

A terrific documentary about being old and in love in America.

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prawnda s

@RT72497680 Oct 5, 2025

i don't care if the story is relevant to some viewers, it gets 1/2 of one star because ryan murphy destroys everything he touches, seemingly deliberately so.

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Paula M

@Pwrm21 Oct 2, 2025

This is such a precious story. It was an honor to be introduced to these wonderful ladies.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 11, 2025

Real footage in 1 hour and 23 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Amelia H

@RT82621936 May 1, 2025

Never thought a documentary about a love story would be this moving! Feels like there's nothing more pure than the love the two main characters have for each other. Their relationship truly stood the test of time, even until the end.

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Chris Bolan

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Pat Henschel

Actor

Chris Bolan

Writer

Alexa L. Fogel

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Jason Blum

Executive Producer

Alexis Martin Woodall

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Synopsis

A former baseball player keeps her lesbian relationship a secret from her family for seven decades.

Director: Chris Bolan
Producer: Alexa L. Fogel, Brendan Mason, Ryan Murphy
Screenwriter: Chris Bolan, Alexa L. Fogel
Production Co: Beech Hill Films, Blumhouse Productions
Genre: Documentary, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 29, 2020
Runtime: 1h 23m

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