Movie Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 44c with Heather Rose Jones

A look at media that asks us to embrace the harder parts of history

In this episode we talk about:

Look: just go see this movie, then come back and listen to the podcast

How bittersweet stories are part of the triumph of queer media

Just because it doesn’t have a Happily Ever After ending doesn’t mean it’s an unhappy story

Properties mentioned

Portrait of a Lady on Fire written and directed by Céline Sciamma

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

A transcript of this podcast is available here.

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