“Nitrate Kisses questions how history is recorded and encourages the viewer, gay or straight, to save scraps, letters, books, records, and snapshots in order to preserve our ‘ordinary’ lives as history.” – Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer is a legend and pioneer of things queer and experimental, yet her films are barely accessible. Hammer died in March this year and this screening of her best-known work Nitrate Kisses will be an ode, a celebration, and an opportunity to unite as a community, sharing thoughts, ideas, and issues. This event promotes queer visibility and confronts film history’s tendency to exclude the marginalised.
Working together with animator and filmmaker Vicky Smith, member of Bristol Experimental and Expanded Film collective (BEEF), we will hold a 16mm projection of Nitrate Kisses, and screen a few short films from BEEF members (to be announced), followed by a panel discussion and time for audience Q&A.
This event has just successfully reached its Kickstarter funding goal!
Tickets available from Eventbrite.
Watch a clip and find out more on the event’s Facebook page.
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