Barbara Forever

none of us will ever be as confident, cool, radical, innovative, eloquent, self aware, self reflective or defiant of the status quo as much as Barbara Hammer was — a true icon, who got the documentary that she, and her work, deserves; I'm so glad that she preserved her…

Justin LaLiberty

A lot of bush and a lot of tears

egunton

BARBARA FOREVER is the kind of celebrity bio documentary I love: singular and bold in how it uses the form to capture its subject. It’s a tender, archive-driven tribute to a pioneering artist who insisted on recording her proudly lesbian life, body, and lovers on her own…

Matt Neglia

The penultimate movement of the film follows her mentorship of Joey Carducci, who comes out as transmasculine to Barbara via the outtakes of Hammer’s “Tender Fictions,” a film where Hammer cross-dresses and wears a false mustache. It is no coincidence that this mirrors…

Sam B.

to quote that one second grader, “I liked the movie!!”

Kate Bove

what could i possibly express when the title itself perfectly articulates my feelings

👽 Zara 👽

Tickets and Showtimes DIRECTED BY BRYDIE O’CONNOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY KRISTEN STEWART WINNER, TEDDY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY, 2026 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL  Pioneering queer avant-garde filmmaker Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) broke barriers by centering frank lesbian…

Film Forum

i'm a barb now

Bailey Wertzberger

i would have gladly let barbara hammer make a movie about me and then unceremoniously dump me

Sadie