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U.S. Documentary Competition

Barbara Forever

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United States2025101 minEnglish
Barbara Forever

An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.

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An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.

Turning the lens on a celebrated filmmaker is no easy task, particularly one whose work is as groundbreaking, sensual, and life-affirming as Barbara Hammer’s. Yet, director Brydie OConnor does her justice. Weaving a kinetic tapestry of archival footage guided by Hammer’s own voice, the film offers an intimate front-row seat into the mind of a visual poet.

Barbara Hammer was deeply concerned with who makes history and who is left out, which motivated her to record her life, her body, her lovers, and the joy found in her lesbian identity. O’Connor’s portrait is an inspiring tribute and candid document of artistic process, capturing the persistence, unabashed ambition, and inevitable tensions such drive creates. Barbara Hammer’s work opened the door for so many artists, and her legacy, so deftly captured here, reminds us why. — SO

This film contains strobe effects.

This film contains mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages.

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).

U.S. Documentary CompetitionAll FeaturesBiographyLGBTQ+ StoriesWomen-Centered StoriesNonfictionClosed CaptionOpen CaptionPhotosensitivityU.S. Only- less

Screenings

in persononline
  • Jan 24, 5:45 PM MST
    Premiere

    The Ray Theatre

    Park City

  • Jan 25, 6:00 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 4

    Park City

  • Jan 28, 8:50 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 3

    Park City

  • Jan 30, 8:45 PM MST
    Screening

    Library Center Theatre

    Park City

    Open CaptionOpen Caption

  • Jan 31, 11:15 AM MST
    Screening

    Broadway Centre Cinemas - 3

    Salt Lake City

  • Jan 29, 3:00 PM GMT -
    Feb 2, 6:55 AM GMT
    Online Screening

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Brydie O’Connor

  • Producer

    Elijah Stevens

    Brydie O’Connor

    Claire Edelman

  • Executive Producers

    Christine Vachon

    Matthew Perniciaro

  • Consulting Producer

    Zackary Drucker

    Jenni Olson

  • Editor

    Matt Hixon

  • Composer

    Taul Katz

  • Supervising Sound Editor

    Gisela Fullà Silvestre

  • Re-Recording Mixer

    Eli Cohn

  • Colorist

    Esmé Smith

  • Archival Producer

    Brydie O’Connor

  • Company

    Space Time Films

  • Contact

    Elijah Stevens

    info@spacetimefilms.co

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Brydie O’Connor

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Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-born, New York–based filmmaker. Her work activates archives through queering storytelling structures within the nonfiction space. Her past work includes the documentary shorts The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives (2025), The Fault Line (2024), and Love, Barbara (2022), which was nominated for an IDA Award.

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