Third World Newsreel's new acquisition: 1984 to 1992 is now on tour and will be available in the fall from TWN. This new documentary explores a little-known chapter of the acclaimed Black lesbian feminist poet and activist Audre Lorde'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 and the German reunification. Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992 contains previously unreleased audiovisual material from director Schultz's personal archive, showing Lorde on and off stage. With testimony from Lorde's colleagues, students and friends, this film documents Lorde's lasting legacy in Germany. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and the recent packed New York premiere was co-sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and The Audre Lorde Project and featured director Schultz, along with poet Ika Hugel Marshall and Professor Tina Campt, Director of Africana and Women's Studies at Barnard College. 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Audre Lorde's passing. 

Sunday, May 12, 2:30 PM
Boston LGBT Film Festival
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St. - Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
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CUBAN ROOTS/BRONX STORIES at the Longwood Art Gallery 
This documentary by Pam Sporn highlights the experience of a black Cuban American family, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more diverse, racially and ideologically, than we are often led to believe. 

Thursday, May 24, 7:00 PM
Longwood Arts Gallery
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10461
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