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Audre Lorde (1934–1992) was an American writer, poet, feminist, civil rights activist, and librarian. As a Black lesbian, she dedicated her life and writing to addressing systemic racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, and heterosexism.

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Audre Lorde: “A Woman Speaks”—Reading at Amerika Haus Berlin 1984

Audre Lorde came to Berlin as a guest professor at the John-F.-Kennedy Institute at the Free University of Berlin in 1984. That year she gave a reading at the annual conference of the German Association of North-American Studies which took place at the Amerika House.

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Audre Lorde
2016
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Audre Lorde in Berlin - On her book "Chosen Poems"

In the summer of 1992, two months before her death, Audre Lorde had a longer conversation with women of her German publishing house Orlanda about her life’s work as a poet. Here we can share some of her reflections.

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Audre Lorde
2016
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Audre Lorde in Berlin - In bed, on watching TV

Audre Lorde giving advice in Berlin in 1992 to friends about watching television.

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Audre Lorde
2016
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Audre Lorde "1984" - Last reading in Berlin 1992

The DVD has over 70 minutes of extra material, including Audre reading her poetry and reflecting on her work, meeting with South African author and activist Ellen Kuzwayo, an interview with Dagmar Schultz, a music clip by Corasón, whose music is in the film, and many more scenes of Audre Lorde in...

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Audre Lorde
2013
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Contemporary Woman Poets with Audre Lorde & Marge Piercy

This 1976 episode features a conversation with Audre Lorde and Marge Piercy. Lorde was an associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York.

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Audre Lorde
2018
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Preview of “The Edge of Each Other’s Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde”

In this clip, M. Jacqui Alexander introduces Audre Lorde to the 1200 women, men, and activist youth from 23 countries attending the historic Boston conference honoring Audre Lorde’s life and work.

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Audre Lorde
2009
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Audre Lorde and Ellen Kuzwayo, Berlin 1992

Ellen Kuzwayo, friend and comrade of Audre Lorde, visited her in Berlin in the summer of 1992 a few months before Audre's passing. Ellen Kuzwayo was a South African author and activist who became a member of Parliament after the South African liberation.

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Audre Lorde
2013
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Audre Lorde Reads Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

Audre Lorde reads the essay “Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power.” There are some ad-libs, but this reading is pretty faithful to the final text, which can be found in Lorde’s essay collection Sister Outsider, among other anthologies. One of the most important essays of the 20th century.

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Audre Lorde
2019
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Audre Lorde in Berlin - In bed, on racism at airport

Audre Lorde telling friends in 1992 about an experience she had at the Berlin airport.

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Audre Lorde
2016
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