Lover Other: The Story Of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore Barbara Hammer, US, 2006 12:00pm

Celebrated lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer blends interviews, photographs, and performance in her creative new work documenting the little known story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, lesbian step-sisters, lovers, 1920s surrealist artists, and Nazi resistors. Their romantic and artistic partnership challenged gender conventions and employed photography to express their ideas about gender identity. During the German occupation of Jersey Isle, where they lived, the two women bravely put forth a stealth opposition to Nazism, which led to their imprisonment and death sentences. Also screening, Look us in the Eye: The Old Woman’s Project (Jennifer Abod, US, 2006), an inspiring tribute to three women who refuse to be invisible.  Video, Total: 82 min.

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