Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992

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.

Audre Lorde's years in Berlin in which she catalyzed the first movement of Black Germans to claim their identity as Afro-Germans with pride. As she was inspiring Afro-Germans she was also encouraging the White German feminists to look at their own racism.

An untold chapter of her life are the years in which she catalyzed the first movement of Black Germans to claim their identity as Afro-Germans with pride. As she was inspiring Afro-Germans she was also encouraging the White German feminist movement to take a hard look at their own racism.

With:
Audre Lorde, Gloria I. Joseph, Dagmar Schultz, May Ayim, Ika Hügel-Marshall, Ria Cheatom, et. al.

Regie

• Dr. Dagmar Schultz

Screening of "Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to1992" (OmeU)

18. December 2016, 8 PM
Lichtblick-Kino Berlin · Berlin, Germany

and

20. December 2016, 8 PM
Kino Moviemento · Berlin, Germany