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    Tender Fictions

    Barbara Hammer 1995 USA Documentary color 58min English N/A
    Innovative, funny, and historic, TENDER FICTIONS is an autobiographical exploration of the search for and meaning of gay community. From a childhood spent being groomed as the next Shirley Temple to her current work as an activist and maker of over 70 films and videos, groundbreaking filmmaker Barbara Hammer casts a wry eye on her life and changing world.

    In a rich montage of home movies, experimental films, news footage, and personal photographs, Hammer charts her growth from 1950's child star "wannabe" to 1960's straight earth mother to 1990's lesbian artist and activist. Documenting how Hammer's personal and artistic development grew out of and became a part of the feminist, gay, and AIDS activist movements, TENDER FICTIONS is both the story of an extraordinary filmmaker and a compelling portrait of the changes wrought by a generation of women.

    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

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