Mary Lu Lewis

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Audre Lorde Talks With Mary Lu Lewis, 2 of 2

written by Ian on December 21, 2018

Womanist observer Mary Lu Lewis interviews Audre Lorde in her hotel room after the Broadside Press 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1975. Michelle Citron joins Mary Lu at Audre Lorde’s request toward the close of the interview.

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Date Range: 9-28-1975
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Description: Womanist observer Mary Lu Lewis interviews Audre Lorde in her hotel room after the Broadside Press 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1975. Michelle Citron joins Mary Lu at Audre Lorde's request toward the close of the interview.
Biographical/Historical Note: Audre Lorde was born February 18, 1934, and died November 17, 1992. She published many books of poetry and essays as well as several memoirs and she was a beloved force in the feminist and lesbian movements.
Michelle Citron is an award-winning media artist whose work includes Cocktails & Appetizers, Mixed Greens, and As American As Apple Pie (collected at www.queerfeast.com) and Daughter Rite, Parthenogenesis, What You Take For Granted…, Leftovers, and Lives:Visible. She is the author of the award-winning book, Home Movies and Other Necessary Fictions. Her work explores the lives of women as well as ethnic identity. She’s screened at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art/Chicago, as well as festivals worldwide. Her films are distributed by Women Make Movies.

Mary Lu Lewis would describe herself only as "a womanist observer."
Genres: Interview, Documentary
Subjects: Lesbian, Feminism, Poetry, Feminism
Places: Detroit, Michigan
Creators: Mary Lu Lewis, Interviewer
Michelle Citron, Cameraperson
Collaborators & Participants: Audre Lorde
Michelle Citron
Joe Gardner, Northeast Historic Film
Peter Brothers, Specs Brothers
William James College, Grand Valley State Colleges, Allendale, MI donated the equipment.

If you appear or can identify anyone at the opening party or if you know the whereabouts of other interviews Mary Lu Lewis and Michelle Citron taped during Broadside Press' 10th Anniversary in 1975, please get in touch with us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org
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Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights.
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Preferred Citation: Mary Lu Lewis