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Jun 1, 2024 · Released in 1985, this groundbreaking film directed by Donna Deitch gained critical acclaim and a dedicated cult following over the years. Set against the backdrop of the stunning Nevada desert in the 1950s, “Desert Hearts” is a story of love, self-discovery, and defying societal norms.
Jun 3, 2024 · In celebration of Pride Month, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on director Donna Deitch’s 1986 landmark romantic drama DESERT HEARTS, considered to be the first mainstream feature film to depict lesbianism without prejudicial, fetishizing tropes and shame.
Jun 14, 2024 · Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its 1985 release: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a self-financed shoestring budget, by a woman.
Jun 21, 2024 · A groundbreaking lesbian romance with a happy or at least hopeful ending, starring Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau, directed by Donna Deitch. Based on Jane Rule's novel Desert...
5 days ago · Donna Deitch’s 1985 indie film-that-could, Desert Hearts, and the paradigm-shifting novel it’s based upon, 1964’s Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule, are just as essential to the literary and cinematic queer canon as E.M. Forster’s and Merchant-Ivory’s versions of Maurice (see above).
3 days ago · Other movies in the 1980s contributed to a breakthrough for queer stories, Duralde notes: Desert Hearts, a lesbian love story directed by Donna Deitch, and Parting Glances from director Bill Sherwood. “Both of those films … [the] budgets were cobbled together from wealthy friends and made very much outside the system.
Jun 12, 2024 · Donna Deitch | USA | 1985 | 91min. Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley. Showtimes. June 12: 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm. Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first film, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its 1986 release: a love story about two women, produced and directed by a woman.
