Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992

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.

Cast

Audre Lorde

Self

May Ayim

Self

Ika Hügel-Marshall

Self

Ria Cheatom

Self

Katharina Oguntoye

Self

Crew

Cora Leibowitz

Original Music Composer

Audrey Motaung

Original Music Composer

Christian Wilmes

Original Music Composer

Dagmar Schultz

Producer

Aletta von Vietinghoff

Writer

Ika Hügel-Marshall

Writer

Ria Cheatom

Writer

Elisabeth Abraham

Camera Operator

Wiebke Aschenborn

Camera Operator

Ika Hügel-Marshall

Camera Operator

Clips & Videos

AUDRE LORDE - THE BERLIN YEARS/ TRAILER