Barbara Hammer Movies

  • 2010
    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    4.72010HD

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

    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
  • 1969
    Aldebaran Sees

    Aldebaran Sees

    Aldebaran Sees

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    Aldebaran is the brightest star in the Taurus constellation.

    Aldebaran Sees
  • 1998
    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

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    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...

    Women of Vision
  • 1986
    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

    01986HD

    Deconstructs the representation of AIDS in the popular media where distortion and misrepresentation amount to a "snow job" promoting increased...

    Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
  • 1987
    No No Nooky T.V.

    No No Nooky T.V.

    No No Nooky T.V.

    6.31987HD

    NO NO NOOKY TV posits sexuality to be a social construct in a "sex-text" of satiric graphic representation of "dirty pictures." Made on an Amiga...

    No No Nooky T.V.
  • 1974
    Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time

    Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time

    Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time

    01974HD

    An autumnal celebration of colorful fall leaves, brooks and bathing, chanting circles and tree goddess rites. Shot on witch's land in Northern...

    Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
  • 2019
    Queer Genius

    Queer Genius

    Queer Genius

    02019HD

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

    Queer Genius
  • 1968
    Barbara Ward Will Never Die

    Barbara Ward Will Never Die

    Barbara Ward Will Never Die

    01968HD

    Barbara Hammer (then married and known as Barbara Ward) stakes a claim to immortality.

    Barbara Ward Will Never Die
  • 1976
    Moon Goddess

    Moon Goddess

    Moon Goddess

    01976HD

    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...

    Moon Goddess
  • 1955
    Spare the Child

    Spare the Child

    Spare the Child

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    It shows a family where the son makes a wish to switch sizes with the father so that he can be the boss for a change. The father doesn't like this at...

    Spare the Child
  • 1985
    Optic Nerve

    Optic Nerve

    Optic Nerve

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    "Barbara Hammer's Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing...

    Optic Nerve
  • 1978
    Double Strength

    Double Strength

    Double Strength

    5.31978HD

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

    Double Strength
  • 2018
    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    5.62018HD

    From 2015 to 2017, Lynne Sachs visited with Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer and Gunvor Nelson, three multi-faceted artists who have embraced the...

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
  • 1995
    Out in South Africa

    Out in South Africa

    Out in South Africa

    3.51995HD

    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,...

    Out in South Africa
  • 2015
    Welcome to This House

    Welcome to This House

    Welcome to This House

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    Welcome To This House, a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of...

    Welcome to This House
  • 2016
    Evidentiary Bodies

    Evidentiary Bodies

    Evidentiary Bodies

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    Barbara Hammer's first and only multi-channel video installation, that tackles deeply personal subjects of her life.

    Evidentiary Bodies
  • 2001
    My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

    My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

    My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

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    This video documentary centers on the questions of civil liberties and cultural differences in a society beginning to open as one woman searches for...

    My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
  • 1975
    Superdyke

    Superdyke

    Superdyke

    51975HD

    A comedy about a troop of shield-bearing Amazons who take over city institutions before relaxing in the country. "Superdyke" takes women into the...

    Superdyke
  • 1974
    Sisters!

    Sisters!

    Sisters!

    01974HD

    A celebration and collage of lesbians, including footage of the Women's International Day march in SF and joyous dancing from the last night of the...

    Sisters!
  • 1981
    Pools

    Pools

    Pools

    41981HD

    Made with Barbara Klutinis. Shot with an underwater camera exploring the swimming pools of the Hearst Castle, California.

    Pools