Directed by Barbara Hammer • 1982 • United States
An incredible document of the LGBT film scene in the early 1980s (as well as artist Barbara Hammer’s off-the-charts charisma), AUDIENCE finds Hammer working in a more straightforward documentary mode than usual. Hammer interviews her largely lesbian audiences before and after screenings of her work, capturing their reactions to her radical, erotic, experimental films.
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The Salt Mines
Directed by Carlos Aparicio and Susana Aikin • 1990 • United States
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Transeltown
Directed by Myra Paci • 1992 • United States
Starring Myra Paci, Carter Burwell, Dina EmersonDante transported to Times Square: a morbid and tender love story begins when a lonely girl drags home the naked body of a comatose, genital-less blonde woman.
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The Transformation
Directed by Carlos Aparicio and Susana Aikin • 1995 • United States
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