Barbara Hammer Movies

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

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

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

    4.32010HD

    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
  • 1982
    Pond and Waterfall

    Pond and Waterfall

    Pond and Waterfall

    71982HD

    An experimental movie where the viewpoint starts in a placid pond high inland, and follows the flow of water down to the sea. The movie experiments...

    Pond and Waterfall
  • 2011
    Maya Deren's Sink

    Maya Deren's Sink

    Maya Deren's Sink

    4.52011HD

    Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit...

    Maya Deren's Sink
  • 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
  • 1988
    Two Bad Daughters

    Two Bad Daughters

    Two Bad Daughters

    01988HD

    A whirlwind tour of paternal institutions: fatherhood, Lacanian psychoanalysis and bondage.

    Two Bad Daughters
  • 1973
    A Gay Day

    A Gay Day

    A Gay Day

    11973HD

    An experimental film with lesbian themes

    A Gay Day
  • 1970
    Marie and Me

    Marie and Me

    Marie and Me

    01970HD

    color, silent, 8mm film

    Marie and Me
  • 1978
    Haircut

    Haircut

    Haircut

    01978HD

    A personal ritual of strength is getting a haircut

    Haircut
  • 1973
    “X”

    “X”

    “X”

    21973HD

    A profound and powerful experimental, personal film of one woman's despair, rage and exhibitionism; a baroque fugue of identity chanting growing from...

    “X”
  • 2009
    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    52009HD

    The filmmaker, fighting ovarian cancer, stage 3, returns to her experimental roots, in a multilayered film of numerous chemotherapy sessions with...

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
  • 2015
    Welcome to This House

    Welcome to This House

    Welcome to This House

    02015HD

    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
  • 1976
    Women I Love

    Women I Love

    Women I Love

    4.6671976HD

    A series of cameo portraits of the filmmaker's friends and lovers intercut with a playful celebration of fruits and vegetables in nature.

    Women I Love
  • 1990
    Dr. Watson's X-Rays

    Dr. Watson's X-Rays

    Dr. Watson's X-Rays

    01990HD

    Excavation of Dr. James Sibley Watson

    Dr. Watson's X-Rays
  • 1973
    I Was/I Am

    I Was/I Am

    I Was/I Am

    61973HD

    One of the first 3 16 mm films made by Barbara Hammer. The filmmaker changes from a damsel in gown and crown to a leather jacket motorcycle dyke.

    I Was/I Am
  • 1990
    Sanctus

    Sanctus

    Sanctus

    61990HD

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

    Sanctus
  • 1970
    Elegy

    Elegy

    Elegy

    01970HD

    Early Barbara Hammer film shot on Super 8mm in color and silent.

    Elegy
  • 1981
    Pools

    Pools

    Pools

    31981HD

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

    Pools
  • 1992
    Nitrate Kisses

    Nitrate Kisses

    Nitrate Kisses

    4.8641992HD

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

    Nitrate Kisses
  • 1976
    Multiple Orgasm

    Multiple Orgasm

    Multiple Orgasm

    6.81976HD

    A hand plays with a vagina as the same scene drifts over a sea of erotic rock formations.

    Multiple Orgasm
  • 1981
    Pictures 4 Barbara

    Pictures 4 Barbara

    Pictures 4 Barbara

    71981HD

    Film by Barbara Hammer.

    Pictures 4 Barbara