Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Out of South Africa

Barbara Hammer 1994 USA Documentary color 54min English N/A
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, from townships, cities and rural areas who speak of their lives and desires as homosexuals in post-apartheid South Africa.

Director

Barbara Hammer

Barbara HAMMER was born on May 15, 1939 in California. She received her BA in psychology from UCLA, and she earned her two MA degrees, one in English literature and one in film, from San Francisco State University. She is the pioneer of American queer cinema and recognized as one of the most influential filmmakers in the world. HAMMER is known for creating experimental films engaging gender issues, and she created many lesbian films in history.

Barbara Hammer
  • 2016 Evidentiary Bodies
    2011 Maya Deren's Sink
    2010 Generations
    2008 A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
    2006 Lover Other: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
    2003 Resisting Paradise
    2000 History Lessons
    1998 The Female Closet
    1995 Tender Fictions
    1994 Out in South Africa
    1992 Nitrate Kisses
    1987 No No Nooky TV
    1976 Multiple Orgasm
    1976 Women I Love
    1976 Superdyke Meets Madame X
    1974 Dyketactics
    1974 Menses
    1974 Women's Rites, or Truth is the Daughter of Time
    1968 Barbara WARDWill Never Die
    1968 Schizy

Barbara Hammer
barbarahammer@gmail.com