A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

The filmmaker, fighting ovarian cancer, stage 3,
returns to her experimental roots, in a multilayered film of numerous
chemotherapy sessions, with images of light and movement that take her far from
the hospital bed. As a cancer 'thriver' rather than 'survivor', Barbara Hammer
rides the red hills of Georgia O'Keefe's Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, the grassy
foothills of the Big Horn in Wyoming, and leafy paths in Woodstock, New York
changing illness into recovery. The haunting and wondrous music of Meredith
Monk underscores and celebrates in this film that lifts us up when we might be
most discouraged. (Barbara Hammer)

Camera,
editing: Barbara Hammer; Music:
Meredith Monk

Organisation: City of Women; In collaboration with: Škuc
Gallery.