Pioneering queer avant-garde filmmaker Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) broke barriers by centering frank lesbian sexuality and pleasure in an expansive body of beautiful, poetic, personal work. In BARBARA FOREVER—constructed largely from Hammer’s own archive spanning five decades, alongside audio diaries and present-day conversations with her longtime partner, Florrie Burke—director Brydie O’Connor (2026 State of the Art Prize, New York) crafts a loving portrait of a force of nature while accompanying her through her final years and creative processes.
Brydie O'Connor
2026 State of the Art Prize, New York
Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-born, New York based filmmaker and archivist. Her work activates archives through queering storytelling structures within the nonfiction space.