
BarbaraRubin's29-minuteexperimentalfilmChristmasonEarthcausedasensationwhenitfirstscreenedinNewYorkCityin1964.Itsorgyscenes,doubleprojectionsandoverlappingimagesshatteredartisticconventionsandannouncedapowerfulnewvoiceinthecity'sundergroundfilmscene.Allthemoreremarkable,thatthevisionbelongedtoan18yearoldteenager.AvirtualZeligofthe'60s,BarbaraRubinintroducedAndyWarholtotheVelvetUnderground,BobDylantoKabbalahandbewitchedAllenGinsberg.Thesameunbridledcreativitythatinspiredhertomakefilmswhenwomensimplydidn't,sawherbreachyetanothermaledomain,OrthodoxJudaism,beforehermysteriousdeathat35.LifelongfriendJonasMekassavedallherletters,creatingaricharchivethatfilmmakerChuckSmithcarefullysculptsintothisfascinatingportraitofanearlyforgottenartist.Anavant-gardemaverick,arebelinaman'sworld,BarbaraRubinregainsherrightfulplaceinfilmhistory.

