Winner of the Teddy Award for Best Documentary/Essay film at this year’s Berlinale, Brydie O’Connor’s film explores the life and films of queer cinema pioneer Barbara Hammer. A longtime friend of WQ and Boston, we are honored to present this cinematic celebration of a filmmaker that was near and dear to all of us. Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) started making films at the age of 27, coming out as a lesbian in her early 30s: “My life has been lived in film.” The sheer wealth of film material of her life also forms the basis for Barbara Forever, Brydie O’Connor’s debut feature which achieves the mammoth task of doing justice to her dazzling and charismatic personality: a pioneer of lesbian and queer self-representation “in a world where we are invisible”, a seductive lover – and a both experimental and daring filmmaker. O’Connor weaves a kinetic tapestry with archival footage using Hammer’s own voice as her guide.