Barbara Hammer: The Female Closet

Video (57:35): The Female Closet (1998) is a biography documentary history by Barbara Hammer about Alice Austen, Hannah Höch, and Nicole Eisenman.

The Female Closet
Documentary by Barbara Hammer
60 minutes, color, sound, 1998

‘The Female Closet unveils the hidden lives of three pioneering women artists — Alice Austen, Hannah Höch, and Nicole Eisenman — through a rich tapestry of archival photographs, home movies, and intimate interviews. Blending newly uncovered footage with groundbreaking research, the film explores the tension between public persona and private desire, tracing the ways these women navigated love, creativity, and society’s constraints. In doing so, it opens a window into the secret, sometimes daring, worlds of lesbian identity across different eras, challenging the boundaries between visibility and concealment.’ – Global Film Connect

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