Susan Kleckner was a feminist filmmaker, photographer, performance artist, and writer active from the late 1960s until 2010 and based in New York City.
[3] The film depicted a woman, Kirstin Booth Glen, giving birth to her son at home, and was a statement on reproductive rights.
[2] Reviewers described feeling sick due to Birth Film's graphic nature, prompting Kleckner to take a break from filmmaking.
[2] She taught at the International Center of Photography from 1982, teaching courses such as "New York at Night", "Visual Diary", and "Roll-a-Day".
[6] Returning to New York City, she initiated Windowpeace, a one-year performance on West Broadway involving 41 women artists which ran from December 1986 to January 1987.
[7] The space had a loft bed, portable toilet, television monitor, video tape player, telephone, hot plate, and a curtain for occasional privacy.
[3] The project was highly acclaimed and won the Susan B. Anthony Award from the National Organization for Women' New York chapter in 1988, which honored grass-roots activists.
[2][1] A month after Windowpeace closed, in February 1987, Kleckner performed a non-violent art action by climbing the Berlin Wall with a ladder near Checkpoint Charlie.