maud. - Film screening and conversation

Part of our Maud Sulter Live Programme

Join us for the screening of the short film maud. (2022), a call to celebrate the life and work of the Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter (1960 - 2008) who grew up in the Gorbals, Glasgow. 

Maud had an extremely diverse output of artistry; writing, image-making, curating, filmmaking, and sound. Her significance on multiple fronts - as a Black Scottish, Black British, African, Ghanaian, queer, working class and female artist has largely gone uncelebrated, until recently . The film considers her memory through conversations with Black artists who are making art in Scotland today, and reflects on Maud’s important contributions to excavating history, challenging art world politics, and community-building.

Following this screening, which opens a programme of events accompanying the exhibition Maud Sulter - You are my kindred spirit, there will be a conversation led by filmmakers Natasha Thembiso Ruwona (director) and Tomiwa Folorunso (executive producer), who will be in dialogue with the artists featured in the film.

About the lead speakers

Tomiwa Folorunso is a writer, editor, producer and project manager working across film and arts festivals. She is most interested in contemporary cultures and diasporas in film and literature. 

Natasha Thembiso Ruwona is a Scottish-Zimbabwean artist-writer, researcher and community events producer based in London. Her work is rooted in placemaking and collaboration, focusing on nurturing spaces where people can connect and gather.

Recent projects as an artist include a film commission for Middlesbrough Arts Week 2024 titled Fugitive Sound Studies, initially developed as part of the FLAMIN Fellowship 2023-2024. She was a finalist for the Michael O’Pray Moving-Image Writing Prize in 2023, with her writing published in Art Monthly. In addition, Natasha was commissioned to create a film for Resisting Toxic Climates: Gender, Colonialism, and Environment, a conference hosted by the British Academy and the University of Edinburgh.

Natasha is currently supporting/holding these projects:
Syllabus Coordinator at Wysing Arts Centre
Events Producer and Communications Lead for Kinfolk Network
Events Producing for Decolonising Economics