Made at Middlebury video essay camp (Scholarship in Sound and Image Workshop on Videographic Criticism) June 2022

An experimental video essay about the relationship between step mother Frances Parker (played by Audra Lindley) and Cay Rivvers (played by Patricia Charbonneau) as Cay falls for and enters into a passionate relationship with Vivian Bell (played by Helen Shaver) in the lesbian classic, Desert Hearts (1985, directed by Donna Deitch).

Thank you Christian Keathley, Jason Mittell, Will DiGravio, and Ethan Murphy, and the 2022 Middlebury cohort—Colleen, Daniel, Desiree, Laura, Lucy, Nila, Vika, Jeff, Andrew, Pablo, Sadia, Joel, Allison, and Alison!

Special thanks to Katie Grant for her feedback and title prompt:)