I've Heard The Mermaids Singing: A Queer Film Classic

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A Queer Film Classic on I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Miramax), a quirky, ethereal feminist 1987 film by Canadian director Patricia Rozema about Polly, a socially awkward secretary who takes photographs as a hobby. When her former lover Mary, an artist, comes back into her life, Polly alternates between the growing realisation that she is too old for Mary, and an idyllic dream state in which plain-looking people like her lead passionate lives. Julia Mendenhall, a long-time fan of the film, places it in the context of the history of feminist cinema.

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Julia Mendenhall: Julia Mendenhall is an Assistant Professor at Temple University, where she teaches transnational film and queer theory for the English Department and Women's Studies Program. In 2006, she conducted research on Canadian lesbian films with a U.S. State Department Fulbright Scholarship.