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Welcome To This House (2015), is a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full self-disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop’s ‘best loved homes’ in the US, Canada, and Brazil believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends, and scholars provide “missing documents” of numerous female lovers. Bishop’s intimate poetry is beautifully performed by Kathleen Chalfant and with the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara brings Bishop into our lives with new facts and unexpected details.
Please join us for a screening and Q&A with Barbara Hammer at The Loft Cinema. Tickets for this event are free, however limited seating is available. If you would like to attend, please pick up tickets at The Loft on September 29, beginning at 12:00 PM.
This screening is presented with support from the UA Institute for LGBT Studies, Department of Gender & Women's Studies, Lesbian Looks Film Series, Exploded View Cinema, and Joe & Janet Hollander.