AUDRE LORDE – THE BERLIN YEARS 1984 TO 1992
Dagmar Schultz | Germany 2011 | 84 Min. | OmeU
19.05. | 9:30pm
Votiv Kino, Gr. Saal | TICKETS
together with THE DOOR OF RETURN
PART OF THE GUEST PROGRAMME CURATED BY KATARINA HEDRÉN
When legendary poet Audre Lorde, who described herself as “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” lived in West Berlin, she became a catalyst for the African German movement. As a poetry workshop leader and mentor, she contributed to German African identities establishing a new self-awareness and helped to get their voices heard.
The documentary AUDRE LORDE – THE BERLIN YEARS 1984-1992 is an intimate portrait of the poet, a testament to Lorde’s influence and legacy, and a tribute to the first generation of African German activists and the community they founded.
Director: Dagmar Schultz
Screenplay: Dagmar Schultz, Ika Hügel- Marshall, Ria Cheatom, Aletta von Vietinghoff
Camera: Dagmar Schultz, Michael Seidel, Ika Hügel-Marshall
Editing: Aletta von Vietinghoff
Production: Dagmar Schultz
AWARDS
2012 – Barcelona International G&L Film Festival, Barcelona – Audience Award for Best Documentary
2013 – Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series, Long Island University, New York – Reel Sisters Best Documentary Award
2013- Muestra Internacional de Cine Realizado por Mujeres Zaragosa, Zaragoza – Audience Award for Favorite Documentary
2014 – 5th Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival, Kingston – Winner Best Documentary Audience Award
2015 – International Film & Photography Festival (IFPF), Jakarta INDONESIA – GOLD AWARD Best Documentary
2016 – International Film Festival: Women—Social Issues—Zero Discrimination – GOLD AWARD Best Documentary
SCREENINGS
The film was shown in more than 70 Film Festivals worldwide.
Berlinale 2012
Fringe Film Festival, London
Torino LGBT Film Festival, Torino
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle
Black International Cinema, Berlin Fountainhead, Berlin
Subversive Film Festival, Zagreb
Boston LGBT Film Festival, Boston
Frameline LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco
Philadelphia LGBT Film Festival, Philadelphia
30th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival-Outfest, Los Angeles Kino Watt Film Series: Black Star Festival, Philadelphia
Michigan Women’s Music Festival, Michigan
Queer Film Festival, Lisboa
Berlin and Beyond Film Festival, Goethe-Institut, Castro Theater, San FranciscoBarcelona International G&L Film Festival, Barcelona
Elles tournent Festival de films de femmes, Bruxelles
Schwul-Lesbische Filmtage, Hamburg
Some Prefer Cake Lesbian Film Festival Bologna
Florence Queer Film Festival, Florence
Chéries Chéris LGBT Film Festival, Paris
PERLEN Queer Film Festival, Hannover Künstlerhaus, Hannover
Out On Film, Atlanta, Georgia
Africa in the Picture Film Festival, AmsterdamFree Zone Human Rights, Belgrade
Siren Nation Arts Film Festival, Portland, Oregon
Queering Roma, Rome
Bimovie 18 Frauenfilmfest, München
L’ art pour L’action 5 (Art for Action) – lesbian activist festival, Novi Sad
Münster-Queerstreifen (Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage), Münster
Trenton International Film Festival, New Jersey
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Berlin, Germany. She received her training at Berlin’s Freie Univer- sität, in the USA and in Puerto Rico from 1963- 72 and subsequently lectured at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität and at Alice Solomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. In 1974 she was a co-founder of the Feminist Women’s Health Centre in Berlin, the first of its kind in Germany. She co-founded the Orlanda Women’s Press Berlin in the same year.
FILMOGRAPHY
2007 – Hope in my Heart – The May Ayim Story, Co-producer with Maria Binder, director
2012 – Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992, director, producer
