A Litany for Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde |
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Documentaire. Etats-Unis. 1995. Couleur. 90'. VO. Distr. : Third World Newsreel (TWN)
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Portrait en entretiens, lectures et témoignages d'Audre Lorde, poètesse noire, lesbienne, féministe, guerrière, mère, morte en 1992, qui nous a laissé une œuvre littéraire et militante comptant entre autres titres : Zami: A New Spelling of my Name, The Black Unicorn, The Cancer Journals et Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.
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An epic portrait of the eloquent, award-winning Black, lesbian, poet, mother, teacher and activist, Audre Lorde, whose writings -- spanning five decades -- articulated some of the most important social and political visions of the century. From Lorde's childhood roots in NYC's Harlem to her battle with breast cancer, this moving film explores a life and a body of work that embodied the connections between the Civil Rights movement, the Women's movement, and the struggle for lesbian and gay rights. At the heart of this documentary is Lorde's own challenge to "envision what has not been and work with every fiber of who we are to make the reality and pursuit of that vision irresistible."
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 © Leigh H. Mosely |
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Ada Gay Griffin |
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Ada Gay Griffin est une activiste africaine-américaine travaillant dans les médias électroniques et la production cinématographique. Elle a été directrice générale de Third World Newsreel et travaille à assurer un avenir florissant pour les producteurs noirs dans les médias progressifs. Elle a étudié l'art, les sciences politiques et l'écriture féministe noire au Hampshire College, où elle a étudié les œuvres d'Audre Lorde. Griffin a dirigé et produit Can't Jail the Revolution et Break the Walls Down (1991), et a développé Black in a Small Town, une série documentaire qui explore les questions de race et de classe dans les zones semi-rurales des États-Unis. En 1995, elle co-dirige A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde avec Michelle Parkerson.
Ada Gay Griffin is an African-American activist working in electronic media and film production. She was formerly executive director of Third World Newsreel and works to ensure a flourishing future for producers of color in progressive media. She studied art, political science, and black feminist writing at Hampshire College, where she studied the works of Audre Lorde. Griffin directed and produced "Can't Jail the Revolution" and "Break the Walls Down" (1991), and developed "Black in a Small Town", a documentary series that explored issues of race and class in semi-rural areas in the United States. In 1995 she co-directed "A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde" with Michelle Parkerson.
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Michelle Parkerson |
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Michelle Parkerson est écrivaine, cinéaste indépendante, conférencière universitaire et performeuse basée à Washington, DC. Elle a siégé dans les institutions de l'Université Temple, de l'Université du Delaware, de l'Université Howard et de l'Université Northwestern. Parmi ses films on peut citer But Then She's Betty Carter (1980), sur le chanteur de jazz et Urban Odyssey (1991), tous deux vus sur PBS. Elle a produit le documentaire Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock (1983), à propos de l'ensemble a cappella des femmes noires. En tant que membre de l'Atelier pour les femmes de réalisation de l'American Film Institute, elle a écrit et réalisé Odds and Ends (1993), un court-métrage de science-fiction sur les guerrières Amazones noires. En 1995, elle a co-dirigé A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde avec Ada Gay Griffin.
Michelle Parkerson is a writer, independent filmmaker, university lecturer and performance artist from Washington, D.C. She has served on the faculties of Temple University, the University of Delaware, Howard University, and Northwestern University. Her films include "But Then She's Betty Carter" (1980), about the jazz vocalist, and "Urban Odyssey" (1991), both seen on PBS. She produced the documentary "Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock" (1983), about the black women's a cappella ensemble. In 1992, she received a Rockefeller Foundation Film/Video Fellowship. As a member of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, she wrote and directed "Odds and Ends" (1993), a science-fiction short about black Amazon warriors. In 1995 she co-directed "A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde" with Ada Gay Griffin.
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