Barbara Hammer Movies

From the platonic cave to post-punk, the tape traces the invisible and visible references to women who love women from prehistory to contemporary...

Excavation of Dr. James Sibley Watson

A montage of film clips and stills calling all lesbians to come out and celebrate who they are. In a trilogy of experimental documentaries, director...

In California a young woman artist/filmmaker is led by an older female artist through the small pine forests of Mendocino and the hot desert sands of...

Essay documentary explores eroded emulsions and images for lost vestiges of lesbian and gay culture. First feature by a pioneer of lesbian cinema,...

Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents...

Four stages of a lesbian relationship explored in an experimental film starring performance artists Terry Sendgraff and Barbara Hammer on suspended...

Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing...

Hammer used old x-ray footage, rearranged, colored and orchestrated through optical printing, in order to reveal hidden bodily movements and rhythms...

In “Vital Signs” (1991), Barbara Hammer demonstratively transforms the horror of death into its opposite. She tenderly cares for a human...

Out in South Africa, a documentary about a country in the state of transition; specifically of lesbians and gays, black and white, Indian and Asian,...

A lesbian/feminist aesthetic proposing the connection between touch and sight to be the basis for a new cinema. The film explores the tactile child...

Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with...

transferred S8 mm film, 4:3, color, silent, 3:42 min, Edition of 7 + 2AP

Place Mattes explores the space between reaching and touching. Animation and optical printing are used to create travelling mattes for places,...

Queer Genius is a cinematic exploration of four visionary queer artists breaking down barriers in their creative fields as they confront fame,...

A personal ritual of strength is getting a haircut

PEARL DIVER is about the frustration of communication between two women who try to tell each other "I love you" underwater making humorous a very wet...

What do filmmakers as disparate as Kevin Smith, Ed Burns, Rob Epstein, and Barbara Hammer have in common? A secret weapon known as Bob Hawk. As a...

Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The women chosen were selected because they represent the...