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  • History Lessons
  • Opened October 19, 2001 | Runtime:1 hr 5 min
  • NOW PLAYING AT SELECTED THEATERS - History Lessons presents archival lesbian-oriented film clips, photos, artwork and tabloid articles alongside other non-lesbian propaganda from the 1950s. The experimental documentary is an offbeat look at Read More
  • Cast: Documentary
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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So-so Avg. Critic Score 41 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 80
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    Offers radical sexual politics in a jester's surprise package of impudent humor...

  • 60
    TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

    Neither a conventional documentary nor a work of complete fiction, Hammer's...

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Jami Bernard

    A collage without context.

  • 50
    Film Threat |

    The novelty of watching vintage lesbian footage just for the sake of watching...

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