Generations

Generations

Barbara Hammer, Gina Carducci

US
2010
Documentary
30’
desired! – film lust & queer

Seventy-year-old acclaimed director Barbara Hammer hands her camera to Gina Carducci, an aspiring queer filmmaker. The women, each shooting their own footage during the last days of Astroland at Coney Island, find that the inevitable fact of ageing is reflected in the architecture of the amusement park. Separately editing their respective footage, the filmmakers ultimately blend their work, thereby creating a true generational, experimental document.

Directors / Script / Cinematography / Editing / Production

Barbara Hammer, Gina Carducci

Contact

Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

WWW

cfmdc.org

Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer, born in 1939 in Hollywood, USA, lived and worked in New York City as a visual artist and film-maker until she died of cancer in March 2019. Her diverse praxis for the past 40 years has a resonating impact on young artists today. Her work has been shown in major biennials and is included in several permanent collections. She has had major retrospectives in art institutions worldwide and was the author of Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life (Feminist Press 2009).


Films by Barbara Hammer (Selection)
Welcome to This House 2015 | Maya Deren’s Sink 2011 | A Horse is Not a Metaphor 2009 | The Female Closet 1998 | Tender Fictions 1996 | Nitrate Kisses 1992 | Endangered 1988 | Optic Nerve 1985 | Dyketactics 1974 | A Gay Day 1973