About the Film: Love, Barbara is a personal exploration of the love that inspired the trailblazing work of late lesbian experimental filmmaker & artist, Barbara Hammer, as told by her partner of over thirty years, Florrie Burke.

In her collection of nearly 100 films, Barbara Hammer centered her own body, community, and love to create performative documentations of her lived experience as a lesbian. Her greatest love of all, though, was left largely visually unexplored in her public work. In Love, Barbara, Florrie Burke will discover Barbara’s personal work about their relationship, much of it unseen. Through blending cinematic imagery and archival materials such as video letters, sketches, and writing, we illuminate this piece of Barbara Hammer’s legacy.

About the Filmmaker: Brydie O’Connor (she/her) is a Kansas-bred, NY-based filmmaker. Her award-winning documentary work focuses on women-driven and queer stories, and has screened at Academy Award-qualifying festivals such as Outfest, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and DOC NYC, along with galleries and The Museum of Modern Art. Much of her work is inspired by archival histories and her upbringing in the Midwest.