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Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992

9/10
Release Date 2012-03-03
Runtime 79 minutes
Genres Documentary
Stars Audre Lorde, May Ayim, Ika Hügel-Marshall, Ria Cheatom, Katharina Oguntoye
Directors Dagmar Schultz, Dagmar Schultz, Dagmar Schultz, Aletta von Vietinghoff, Cora Leibowitz

Audre Lorde, the highly influential, award-winning African-American lesbian poet came to live in West-Berlin in the 80s and early '90s. She was the mentor and catalyst who helped ignite the Afro-German movement while she challenged white women to acknowledge and constructively use their privileges. With her active support a whole generation of writers and poets for the first time gave voice to their unique experience as people of color in Germany. This documentary contains previously unreleased audiovisual material from director Dagmar Schultz's archives including stunning images of Audre Lorde off stage. With testimony from Lorde's colleagues and friends the film documents Lorde's lasting legacy in Germany and the impact of her work and personality.

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