A former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, Terry Donahue, and her partner, Pat Henschel, met in Canada in 1947.

Chris Bolan, the director of the film, took a trip to visit his two great aunts, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel.

The site's critics consensus reads: "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".

[8] Robyn Bahr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that A Secret Love is "tender without being cloying, naturalistic without seeming contrived".

[9] Shannon Keating of Buzzfeed was critical of the film, writing of "the subtle but insidious homophobia baked into this very telling of their story".