A Litany for Survival
FEATURED SCREENING: A newly restored documentary about Audre Lorde.
Audre Lorde was a poet, teacher, mother, Black lesbian, activist, and warrior, and she refused to let anyone separate those identities. This 1995 documentary, made by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson, draws on archival footage, interviews, and readings of Lorde’s poetry to chronicle a life that bridged movements and demanded that none of them leave anyone behind. QWOCMAP screens this film because the work Lorde called for, naming ourselves, refusing silence, insisting that our survival is not academic, is still the work.
We are delighted to be able to screen this newly restored film. After 30 years, it carries the twins of memory and inspiration. Audre implores us:
“So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive.”
And yesterday, today, and tomorrow are the time for us to speak, and shout, and sing, and scream.
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