Barbara Hammer is a lesbian filmmaker in the genre of experimental films. She was born on May 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California. She is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a Bachelor's degree in psychology. Hammer also holds two Master's degrees from San Francisco State University, one in English literature and one in film. She also took postgraduate classes in the field of digital media. A lesbian is a female who is aesthetically, sexually, or romantically attracted to other females. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the study of the human mind, brain and behaviour. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as—in metonymy—the field in general. ... Bold textDigital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to electronic media that work on digital codes. ...

In her early thirties, Hammer was married and teaching at a community college in Santa Rosa, California. Around this time she came out as a lesbian, after talking with another student in a Women's Lib group. The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center Luther Burbank Gardens, part of California Historical Landmark No. ...

Hammer is known for creating groundbreaking experimental films dealing with women's issues on gender roles, lesbian relationships and coping with aging and family. Hammer is responsible for some of the first lesbian-made films in history, including Dyketactics (1974) and Women I Love (1976). 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

There have been two "re-makes" or "Re- Interpretations" of Hammer's seminal film Dyketactics:

1. Untitled ( Dyketatics Revisited) By Liz Rosenfeld, 2005
2. Fagtactics By Scott Berry, 2002

References

• Alexandra Juhasz, editor (2001). Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Film and Video. University of Minnesota Press.