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The Children’s Hour

7 May 2024

The Children’s Hour (1961) was the first mainstream US film to feature a lesbian character in a leading role. Julia Erhart explores how the film’s conception, production, and reception reveal deep insights into the politics of sexuality and censorship in midcentury America and into social and political tensions around gender and sexuality today.

Authors

Julia Erhart

Published in
Montreal, CA
Series
Queer Film Classics

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