SISTER WIVES is a lesbian short film that you can watch on YouTube for free. And you should. You REALLY should. This may have a runtime of under 30 minutes, but it has more heart and soul than most full-length feature films. Read our review of the Sister Wives short film here!
SISTER WIVES is a short film from 2024 available to watch on YouTube. I came across the trailer for this short film and was intrigued immediately. Maybe it was due to having watched the trailer for the upcoming Netflix series Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, which stars one of the two stars from this short film.
We don’t usually do reviews of short films here on Womentainment, but this was so good and extremely well-made, so I had to. Also, it’s free to watch on YouTube, so I wanted to do my bit to help out all the queer women looking for a new WLW love story.
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The female gaze on Sister Wives connecting
I know the plot of Sister Wives sounds like a terrible reality show or a steamy video that fills some (typical) male girl-on-girl fantasy. However, this is not the case with the 2024 short film. I’ll get back to this, but let me start by saying that this was written and directed by one of the women starring in it.
In fact, many of the crew members on this short film are women. It’s very much about the female gaze. Actually, the female filmmaker behind this short film also founded the award-winning production company that made it: Thimble Films.
We meet a woman living a very simple and rural life with her husband. Then he comes home and tells her that she’s about to get a sister wife. It’s made obvious that he promised this would never happen, but now he’s telling her to prepare for a new wife.
One that will arrive the very next day.
The new, and much younger, wife arrives, and she is clearly just trying to play her part as well as she can. While bound together by their marriage to the same man, it doesn’t take long for them to develop feelings for each other. Obviously, this is something that clearly cannot happen… and yet, the heart wants what the heart wants.
Don’t worry, this ends well
Unlike many other lesbian love stories, Sister Wives ends on a very positive note. And no, I won’t even bother to preface that with a spoiler warning, as it should be obvious by now that I’m writing about this movie because it does everything right!
Usually, the women end up forced to be apart by circumstance (even the most amazing of lesbian movies), which is entirely realistic. However, Sister Wives is equally realistic in its depiction of these two women. They are forced into this life and this world, which they never chose for themselves.
Once they realize that there are alternatives, and they do have a choice, they make it. I loved this about Sister Wives. Sure, it’s not an easy or simple choice, and certainly not without consequence, but it is a choice nonetheless.
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Louisa Connolly-Burnham and Mia McKenna-Bruce are perfect in their respective roles as the first wife and the second wife. These two worked much better than I ever dared hope, and whatever reservations (or imagined reservations) I had about this plot were quickly forgotten.
Mia McKenna-Bruce (Get Even) is the actor starring in the all-important lead role of Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials on Netflix from January 15, 2026. In that 3-part miniseries on Netflix, her mother is portrayed by Helena Bonham-Carter and was created by Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch).
You may also recognize both lead actors from Peacock’s Vampire Academy. Not only does Louisa Connolly-Burnham star in Sister Wives, but she also wrote and directed the short film. Clearly, a passion project for her, and I desperately hope to see more from her soon.
After watching this short film, I am confident that you’ll share this hope. I mean, the scenes between the two women are fire. The connection is obvious immediately, as is the attraction. And again, all is made with the female gaze, so it’s never forced or overt in some exploitative way… though they do not hold back either. Enjoy!
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Director: Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Writer: Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Stars: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Michael Fox
Official plot:
Two sister wives married to the same man start to develop feelings for each other.
