Barbara Hammer Movies

  • 1968
    Contribution to Light

    Contribution to Light

    Contribution to Light

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

    Contribution to Light
  • 1968
    The Baptism

    The Baptism

    The Baptism

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    Early Super 8 short by Barbara Hammer.

    The Baptism
  • 1973
    A Gay Day

    A Gay Day

    A Gay Day

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    An experimental film with lesbian themes

    A Gay Day
  • 1973
    Sisters!

    Sisters!

    Sisters!

    01973HD

    Combining perhaps the only footage from the first Women’s International Day march in San Francisco and rare footage of the second National...

    Sisters!
  • 1981
    Pictures 4 Barbara

    Pictures 4 Barbara

    Pictures 4 Barbara

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    Film by Barbara Hammer.

    Pictures 4 Barbara
  • 1968
    White Cassandra

    White Cassandra

    White Cassandra

    01968HD

    Transferred S8 mm film, 4:3, color, silent, 4:08 min, Edition of 7 + 2AP

    White Cassandra
  • 1979
    Available Space

    Available Space

    Available Space

    01979HD

    "Available Space is a film made for performance on a 360 degree rotary projection table. A woman breaks through confining architectural space, the...

    Available Space
  • 1973
    Yellow Hammer

    Yellow Hammer

    Yellow Hammer

    01973HD

    Shot on Super 8mm in color and silent.

    Yellow Hammer
  • 1985
    Hot Flash

    Hot Flash

    Hot Flash

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    A dramatic romantic comedy narrative featuring a pre-menopausal woman who tires to join the Hot Flashes.

    Hot Flash
  • 1981
    Arequipa

    Arequipa

    Arequipa

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    “Shot in the Peruvian convent of Santa Catalina, AREQUIPA analogizes the building blocks of film (frames, color and black and white stocks,...

    Arequipa
  • 1983
    Bamboo Xerox

    Bamboo Xerox

    Bamboo Xerox

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    "Behind my desire to 'activate' the audience is a distaste for sutured, hegemonic cinema. By this, I mean a cinema dominated by both narrative and...

    Bamboo Xerox
  • 1976
    Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

    Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

    Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

    01976HD

    Filmmaker Barbara Hammer recounts how she got her scars as well as her "pleasure wrinkles."

    Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
  • 1977
    The Great Goddess

    The Great Goddess

    The Great Goddess

    01977HD

    A child, two youths, a mother and three crones spin spirals, joining rituals of birth, death and rebirth. Filmed in Mendocino, California, where the...

    The Great Goddess
  • 1970
    Traveling

    Traveling

    Traveling

    01970HD

    1970, 25:27 min, color, silent, 8mm film on video.

    Traveling
  • 1970
    Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’

    Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’

    Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’

    01970HD

    B&W and color; silent.

    Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’
  • 2012
    Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

    Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

    Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

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    Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
  • 2003
    Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War

    Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War

    Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War

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    On October 11, 2001, in Times Square, New York City, an ad hoc group of artists named Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War silently demonstrated for peace...

    Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
  • 1983
    See What You Hear What You See

    See What You Hear What You See

    See What You Hear What You See

    01983HD

    Optical sound!

    See What You Hear What You See
  • 1998
    Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It

    Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It

    Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It

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    “Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It” (1998) is a found porn flick: a threesome. Hammer excises the male part, retaining the two...

    Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It
  • 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