Her Work Expanded What Lesbian Representation Could Look Like on Screen: Brydie OConnor on her Sundance-debuting Barbara Forever

Its been my own life that Ive put on the screen, pioneering artist Barbara Hammer says in VO as we witness her striking poses, flexing muscles, and standing defiantly naked before her lens. My life has been lived in film. Indeed, the taboo-shattering lesbian/avant-garde filmmaker, who died of ovarian cancer at the age of 79 in 2019, left behind an archive comprised of 80 films, along with a treasure trove of unreleased footage, audio interviews, personal photos and more. Its an extraordinary bod...