The Body of a Poet. A tribute to Audre Lorde, warrior poet, 1934-1992 - ACE406.2
1995. The Body of a Poet. A tribute to Audre Lorde, warrior poet, 1934-1992 - ACE406.2.
1995. The Body of a Poet. A tribute to Audre Lorde, warrior poet, 1934-1992 - ACE406.2.
| Title | The Body of a Poet. A tribute to Audre Lorde, warrior poet, 1934-1992 - ACE406.2 |
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| Description | Ramp in underpass. Skyscrapers. Poet driving. Electricity generating station. Rubbish. VO reading "We have lived, and we have conquered demons…" Reflections in buildings. Poet. Woman touching her own breasts and playing with jewellery. VO "I am afraid. I have survived pain like this before…" "I want to murder my own certainties as long as I live…" "…lunatic, pariah or deviant but sometimes you have to tell your doctor where to get off" Poet leaving building; talks to interviewers about being a black American woman and a lesbian, and a poet. Black American women talking to each other about racism in the gay community, poetry, feminism, sex, Lorde’s work, etc. VO "I can’t afford to be fazed by this daily miracle of survival…" over washing a tiled floor, flowers; poet, in hospital bed, writing verses. VO continues over mother and baby. Poet writing. "From the plateau of death it becomes more pressing to map the contours of my survival." |
| Web address (URL) | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free |