Audre Lorde
Also Known As: Audrey Geraldine Lorde, Gamba Adisa
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: February 18, 1934
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: November 17, 1992
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Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Overview: A short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-16
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The Tip of the Iceberg
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-27
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The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde
Overview: A tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde, one of the most celebrated icons of feminism's second wave.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-10
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-30
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Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-03
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A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Overview: The career of iconic and influential poet and writer Audre Lorde is seen up until death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-06
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Emergence
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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