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Desert Hearts

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  • Sun, Jun 4

Director: Donna Deitch Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 1985

Starring: Andra Akers, Audra Lindley, Dean Butler, Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau

Savoy’s Queer Film Festival

Stay after the film for a discussion with Anne Charles, Diane Fitch, Linda Quinlan, and Rachel Desilets about the historical importance of this groundbreaking lesbian film.

The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.

Film sponsored by Rainbow Umbrella of Central VT and Bear Pond Books.

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