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BARBARA WARD WILL NEVER DIE

3:21 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video

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Using a hand-held camera, Hammer initially shot on 8 mm stock. Though only at the beginning of her development as an artist, she already disturbs the peace of the dead, confidently erecting a monument to herself amid them: “Barbara Ward Will Never Die.” The young filmmaker stakes her claim to a place in history.