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Barbara Hammer

Date
2000
"History Lessons" by Barbara Hammer is a reconstruction on film of lesbian history dating back to the very dawn of cinema. Supported in part by an award from the New York State Council on the Arts administered by the Experimental Television Center.
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"Barbara Hammer." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/barbara-hammer-1.

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