Dagmar Schultz, 2012, 79 min.

Presented by Maysles Documentary Center and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-New York Office.

Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 explores a little-known chapter of the writer’s prolific life, a period in which she helped ignite the Afro-German Movement and made lasting contributions to the German political and cultural scene before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lorde mentored and encouraged Black German women to write and publish as a way of asserting their identities, rights and culture in a society that isolated and silenced them, while she challenged white German women to acknowledge and constructively use their white privilege.

This documentary contains previously unreleased audiovisual material from director Dagmar Schultz’s personal archive, including stunning images of Audre Lorde off stage. With testimony from Lorde’s colleagues, students and friends, this film documents Lorde’s lasting legacy in Germany.

Followed by post-screening conversation with Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro (author of Audre Lorde: Dreams of Europe) and Andreas Günther (Director of Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung- New York Office).

We will host a small, catered reception before the program at 6:30pm.