Corky Culver

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Corky Culver Collection
  • Item Title: Mother & daughter dance; "I'll Fly Away," Seagulls & Singing (
  • ID Number: CC-120
  • Date Range: c. 1995-1996
  • Description: Mother and daughter dance in the first clip. The main clip, "Seagulls & Singing," is an art piece directed by Kate Gallagher. The original concept was that a group of women in black bathing suits would sing on the beach for a womanfriend who was dying of cancer. But seagulls kept diving at them. They tried to divert the seagulls by throwing bread with hand movements they hoped would evade the camera. Very funny.
  • Biographical/Historical Note:
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Places: St. George's Island, 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: 21:31
  • 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: Sound
  • Subjects: Lesbians, Cancer, Seagulls, Mothers & daughters, Performance Art, Performance Art
  • Creators: Kathleen "Corky" Culver, filmmaker Kate Gallagher, director
  • Collaborators & Participants: Barbara Ann Davis Mary Ellen McIntyre (Barbara's sister) Kate Gallagher Laurel Willoughby
  • Source Format:
  • Format: Hi 8
  • Viewing Log: 00-2:30 Barbara Ann Davis and her daughter Laurel Willoughby dance 2:31-10:25 Seagulls & Singing 10:26 Barbara Ann Davis "Call with the riptide, I had nowhere to run, no place to hide." 12:18 Kate Gallagher joins in "Don't Break My Aching Heart" Solarized section "Shine on Harvest Moon" 15:33 Corky joins in. Corky explains the purpose of the video and the cost difference between film & tape. 19:39 or so they joke about the seagulls and the bread Are you rolling Corky Yep we can look at it later. I just got a couple of dramatic close ups of you. Well now what Want me to turn this off so you can relax, pick your nose or whatever?