Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

Born: February 18, 1934
Died: November 17, 1992
in Harlem, New York, USA
Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, capitalism, heterosexism, and homophobia.

Movies for Audre Lorde...

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Title: The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
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Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
Title: Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
Character: Self
Released: March 3, 2012
Type: Movie
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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The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde
Title: The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 10, 2003
Type: Movie
A tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde, one of the most celebrated icons of feminism's second wave.
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A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Title: A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1995
Type: Movie
The career of iconic and influential poet and writer Audre Lorde is seen up until death.
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The Tip of the Iceberg
Title: The Tip of the Iceberg
Released: January 27, 1989
Type: Movie
A documentary on the ways in which the symbolism of the breast is expressed in film, fashion and filth, how the bosom is idealised and the means by which it is trivialised and denigrated. Contributors include Barbara Windsor, Jane Russell, Marina Warner, Sheila Kitzinger, American poet Audre Lorde, Vivienne Westwood, Anna Raeburn and Russ Meyer.
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Emergence
Title: Emergence
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Four Black and Third World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde and Palestinian performance artist Mona Hatoum, speak forcefully through their art and writing.
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Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Title: Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Character: Herself
Released: October 16, 1981
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.