ABOVE: Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, screenshot via “A Secret Love,” Netflix.
Netflix has released the trailer for “A Secret Love,” the platform’s forthcoming documentary that details the 65-year love story between Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel.
“Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret,” the film’s synopsis reads. “But coming out later in life comes with its own set of challenges.”
The documentary will be released April 29 and was produced by Ryan Murphy. The couple’s great-nephew Chris Bolan directed the piece, which first previewed via TIME April 22.
“The women fell in love in 1947, when norms around living openly as a gay person in the United States were far from what they are today,” the outlet describes the feature. “Though essentially inseparable from the moment they met, Donahue and Henschel kept their true relationship a secret for more than six decades. To family and coworkers, they were simply good friends and roommates; others knew them as cousins who lived together.”
When the two met, TIME noted, Donahue was playing as the catcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The organization would later inspire the Penny Marshall feature “A League of Their Own” in 1992.
“A Secret Love” streams on Netflix starting April 29. You can watch the trailer below:
