Corky Culver

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Corky Culver Collection
  • Item Title: Corky Gets Wet
  • ID Number: CC-054
  • Date Range: c. 1969-1973
  • Description: Friends goof around with a sprinkler.
  • Biographical/Historical Note: Filmed in Green Cove Springs, Florida, with friends & members of the lesbian consciousness raising group that founded Long Leaf who were collecting driftwood along the river. The cr group began in 1969 and continued to 1974. Corky thinks the film was shot 1969-70 or 1972 to 1973. Corky was then living in the same place she lives now but in a different house. Marcia West received a Ph.D. from Harvard in Theology and Oriental Studies who wrote her thesis on Kwan Yin. Later she became a broadcast journalist. Photographers Pat Paul and Arian Sanz also participate in the hijinks. Arian Sanz reputed had the first "lesbian" photography show in California. It was held at San Francisco State in the 1960s. Pat Paul was an original member of Long Leaf, who photographed her communities over many, many years.
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Places: Green Cove Springs, Florida
  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
  • Color or B&W: Color
  • Related Versions:
  • Running Time: 3:31.04
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) shares rights with Corky Culver during Culver's lifetime. Participants also have the right to approve uses of material they appear in during their lifetimes.
  • Sound: Silent
  • Subjects: Lesbians, Feminism-United States, Consciousness Raising
  • Creators: Kathleen "Corky" Culver
  • Collaborators & Participants: Corky Culver Arian Sanz, deceased Marcia West For further information or if you or friends were part of this moment, be great if you emailed us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org & let us know. We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
  • Source Format: Super 8mm
  • Format: Super 8mm
  • Viewing Log: A group of friends collecting driftwood along the river in Green Cove Springs, Florida, begin to goof around. By the end Corky Culver (overalls and striped shirt) is soaking wet. 1st close-up is thought to be of Marcia West who is wearing a cream white sweater. Arian Sanz in black tee shirt.