The Female Closet (1998)
The Female Closet uses archival photographs, home movies, interviews, and other visual materials to explore the closeted lesbian stories of artists Alice Austen, Hannah Höch and Nicole Eisenman. Utilizing groundbreaking research, newly discovered home movies, and archival photographs, and other visual sources, The Female Closet is a cultural interrogation of the closeted and not-so-closeted lives of three women artists.
Director: Barbara Hammer
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Barbara Hammer as Self |
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Nicole Eisenman as Self |
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Nicola Tyson as Self |
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Alice Austen as Self (archival foootage) |
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Hannah Höch as Self (archival foootage) |
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Sarah Dezuttere as Self / Interviewer |
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Naomi Rosenblum as Self |
| Production | Barbara Hammer | Producer |
| Sound | Ikue Mori | Music |
| Camera | Diana Kleine | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Barbara Hammer | Sound |
| Editing | Kathryn DiGiacinto Morris | Online Editor |
| Camera | Kaat Beels | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Barbara Hammer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Carolyn Macartney | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Paul Hill | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Nathalie Bastyns | Sound |
| Production | Valiera Feldman | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Barbara Hammer | Director |
| Editing | Barbara Hammer | Editor |