The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double projections and overlapping images shattered artistic conventions and announced a powerful new voice in the city's underground film scene. All the more remarkable, that vision belonged to a teenager, 18-year-old Barbara Rubin. A Zelig of the '60s, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan to Kabbalah and bewitched Allen Ginsberg. The same unbridled creativity that inspired her to make films when women simply didn't, saw her breach yet another male domain, Orthodox Judaism, before her mysterious death at 35. Lifelong friend Jonas Mekas saved all her letters, creating a rich archive that filmmaker Chuck Smith carefully sculpts into this fascinating portrait of a nearly forgotten artist. An avante-garde maverick, a rebel in a man's world, Barbara Rubin regains her rightful place in film history.

Dans la lignée des cinéastes dont l’unique film est devenu culte, Barbara Rubin incarne un des plus flamboyant prototypes. En 1963, la New-Yorkaise n’a que 18 ans lorsqu’elle tourne le transgressif Christmas on Earth, inspiré d’Une saison en enfer de Rimbaud et du sulfureux moyen métrage Flaming Creatures de Jack Smith. Pourquoi ce coup d’essai magistral est-il resté sans suites ?

바바라 루빈은 60년대 미국 언더그라운드 문화의 중심에 선 인물이었다.

감독은 바바라 루빈의 다양한 활동과 생애를 살펴보며 그가 이룬 성취와 후대에 끼친 영향을 짚어본다.

밥 딜런, 앤디 워홀, 앨런 긴즈버그 등 바바라 루빈과 가까웠던 예술가들의 당시 모습도 확인할 수 있다.

La película experimental de 29 minutos Christmas on Earth causó sensación cuando se proyectó por primera vez en Nueva York en 1964. Sus escenas de orgía, dobles proyecciones e imágenes superpuestas rompieron las convenciones artísticas y anunciaron una nueva y poderosa voz en la escena cinematográfica underground de la ciudad. Y lo que es más notable, esa visión pertenecía a una adolescente, Barbara Rubin, de 18 años. Zelig de los 60, introdujo a Andy Warhol en la Velvet Underground, a Bob Dylan en la cábala y hechizó a Allen Ginsberg.