Barbara Hammer (1) (1939–2019)

Barbara Hammer has-made over eighty films and video works, which have inspired a generation of queer, feminist, and avant-garde artists and filmmakers, and won numerous awards and honors, most recently the 2009 Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for Best Short Film. Her films show more often deal with taboo subjects such as menstruation, female orgasm, and lesbian sexuality. Her documentaries tell the stories of marginalized people who have been hidden from history. A retrospective screening of her work will be presented at the Museum of Modern Art and will travel to the Tate Modern in London. show less