Chet Pancake’s award-winning indie documentary  “Queer Genius,” chronicles five visionary queer artists: Eileen Myles (Award-winning American writer and poet), Barbara Hammer (Filmmaker and producer), Jibz Cameron (performance artist and actor), and Black Quantum Futurism (Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa A.K.A. Moor Mother, literary and artistic creatives) who unapologetically break down barriers in their creative fields outside of mainstream culture.

Frameline Distribution will release “Queer Genius” as a docuseries, available as 4 x 30 minutes segments spotlighting the featured individual artists on Vimeo beginning March 8th. They will make available one featured segment free on Vimeo on the late iconic and pioneering filmmaker, Barbara Hammer. In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8^th, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences restored more than 80 of her films, including her groundbreaking explicit “Dyketactics” (1974), the first lesbian erotic film made by a lesbian. Her archives have been deposited at Yale’s Beinecke library for students and the public to explore. 

The whole documentary will screens in virtual cinemas nationwide starting on March 4 at San Francisco’s Roxie Theatre.  The episodic segments will become available to rent for a 72-hour period for $4.99 or available to stream anytime for $9.99. 

https://queergeniusfilm.com/