Going further, always better !

Whether at the UN Conference in Nairobi or the ILIS work in Amsterdam, the issue of racism is paramount. Too often white and middle-class, lesbians tend to view the world through their own lens, which obviously does not suit everyone. Issues of class and race come up at every meeting, and, recognizing that these issues are essential, the Vanille-Fraise Collective organized the great Geneva conference in 1986. There were 800 of them—800 lesbians marching through the streets of Geneva…

Featuring, in order of appearance : Lepa Mlađenović ; Anne Krul ; Rina Nissim ; Sylvia Borren ; Evien Tjabbes ; Shelley Anderson ; Adriana Churampi  

Extracts and borrows : Pauline Oliveros ; Gloria Anzaldua by Nancy Rodrigez - Borderlands ; Loses ends

To go further : some picture of the Nairobi Conference 1985

The narrative voice : Roberta Miss with Peggy Pierrot for additional voice

Written, made and edited : Virginie Jortay with the complicity of Malin Björk and Evien Tjabbes

Music and audio post production : Teresa Ferraro

Illustration : © Marieke van Ballegooijen and the eye of An/Ash Smolar

Produced by Groupe Kuru and Stichting Vesta, with the support of Mamacash and EL*C. Big up to Carine Demange from Radio Campus. Thanx a lot to la Scam - Belgique

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