Contents

Introduction: Barbara Hammer, Filmmakers, Feminists, and Mentoring

by Deanna Utroske

An Interview with Barbara Hammer

by Deanna Utroske and the FFC editorial collective

A Portal to Dream Worlds: Experimental Film in the Community College Classroom

by Barbara Klutinis

One Filmmaker’s Passion: A Retrospective Search for Inspiration

by Erin Harper

Learning from Barbara Hammer’s Living Archive

by Nazita Matres Rezai

Generations: A Feminist Film as a Feminist Classroom

by Gina Carducci

Videos in the Kitchen: The Lesbian Herstory Archives as a Moving-Herstorical-Image

by Shawn(ta) D. Smith

Q & A: How this Issue’s Essayists Came to Know Barbara Hammer’s Work, How They Describe Her, and Which Films They Like Best

Compiled by Deanna Utroske