School of Theater, Film and Television executive board member Donna Deitch directed the 1985 film “Desert Hearts,” which will be screened in New York for its 30th anniversary. (Courtesy of Terri Jentz ...

Set in 1959 and released in 1986, “Desert Hearts” is utterly timeless. Not only was Donna Deitch’s groundbreaking film directed and produced by a woman, but it was the first film to show two women ...

Donna Deitch says she’s going forward and backward at the same time. Janus Films has digitally restored her film “Desert Hearts,” a 1985 landmark lesbian romance, for a 31st anniversary re-release in ...

Over 30 years ago, director Donna Deitch made Desert Hearts, a hopeful lesbian love story that was ahead of its time. In 1986, few people could even imagine a queer film that didn’t end in tragedy, ...

The 1986 romantic drama “Desert Hearts” is a landmark in LGBTQ cinema — considered the first lesbian love story directed by a woman — and it’s a landmark that has weathered pretty well over the years.

Desert Hearts is a 1985 romantic drama film directed by Donna Deitch. It follows a woman who, tired of her marriage, files for a divorce against her husband. Soon, she gets into an affair with another ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Donna Deitch (born June 8, 1945 in San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director best known for her 1986 film Desert Hearts. The film ...

Before “Carol,” there was “Desert Hearts,” Donna Deitch’s 1985 directorial debut and a milestone of LGBTQ cinema. English professor Vivian (Helen Shaver), while waiting for her divorce to finalize in ...

Cay Rivers (Patricia Charbonnaeu) comes speeding into the frame, into the film, and into Vivian Bell’s (Helen Shaver) life, foot practically pressing the pedal to the floor and in reverse, turning ...

DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver and on their trust in director Donna Deitch In the following program made by the Criterion ...