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Barbara Jean Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019) was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer. She is known for being one of the pioneers [1] of the lesbian film genre, and her career spanned over 50 years. Hammer is known for having created experimental films dealing with women's issues such as gender ...
- Filmmaker
- Florrie R. Burke
- 1968–2019
Activist to the very end, Hammer used her dying to advance the cause of the right to medical aid in dying. Barbara Hammer made over 90 moving image works as well as performances, installations, photographs, collages and drawings. Hammer sought to deconstruct and disempower the narratives and structures that oppress women in general and lesbians ...
Barbara Hammer was a visual artist working primarily in film and video. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema and made 100 moving image works and a large collection of drawings, photographs, collages in a career that spanned over 40 years.
2000, 16mm film, 66 min, color/sound. In this wonderfully irreverent yet empowering film, Barbara Hammer traces lesbian history by presenting an extraordinary array of archival footage – and then playfully manipulates it to make it seem as though lesbians were everywhere. DVD available for sale for private use ».
Feb 24, 2019 · The pioneering filmmaker Barbara Hammer and her spouse, the human-rights activist Florrie Burke, talk to Masha Gessen about Hammer’s career, her quest to die with dignity, and why being a ...
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Mar 20, 2019 · Barbara Jean Hammer was born on May 15, 1939, in Los Angeles and grew up in nearby Inglewood. Her father, John, owned a gas station, and her mother, Marian (Kusz) Hammer, was a secretary.
Barbara Hammer. Director: Maya Deren's Sink. A loud and constantly innovative voice in independent film, Barbara Hammer was born in 1939 in California. From a young age, she was encouraged to be pretty and feminine, her mother constantly forcing the images of child actors like Shirley Temple on her daughter.
