Nov 14, 2017
26 min
Full-HD

Women in Love: Desert Hearts (2017)

Actors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver discuss the making of with groundbreaking film of queer cinema, Desert Hearts (1985, Donna Deitch) and how it impacted their careers.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

The Criterion Collection

Donna Deitch

Self

Patricia Charbonneau

Self

Helen Shaver

Self

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