Barbara Hammer, History Lessons (2000), still.

In History Lessons (2000), Barbara Hammer reclaims and rewrites lesbian history through her playful but empowering manipulation of a vast array of archival footage, drawn from popular films, newsreels, sex ed pics, stag reels, medical and educational films, old nudies, and more. Following the screening, Matt Wolf, one of the guest curators for the 2019 Whitney Biennial film program, moderates a conversation with several people who appear in the film. This screening of History Lessons is presented in conjunction with History Lessons Redo: The Meat Market, a 2019 remake by Hammer that will be screened as part of the 2019 Biennial.