The Female Closet
■ Content
The Female Closet
2006 | USA | Documentary | Color | 55min | English
"We doe call the most secret place in the house appropriate unto our owne private studies . . . a closet."
This 60 minutes documentary film records the lesbian life of three female artists, Alice Austen, Hannah Höch and Nicole Eisenman. The content and footage of this film covers from original reports, personal photos to newly discovered home movies and visual sources across the century. The film finds its enlightenment and answer to its audience about the closet culture, through the observation of the closeted and not-so-closeted lives of these three women artists.
■ Filmmaker
Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer was born on May 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California. She is a visual artist working primarily in film and video. She has made over 80 moving image works in a career that spans 40 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema.
■ Product Information
Distribution: Taiwan Women's Film Association
Content: The Female Closet+Tender Fiction
Subtitles: Chinese/English
Format: DVD
