A still from the film "maud." Two Black femme artists - one light skinned person and one dark skinned woman, are sitting next to each other in an artist's studio, talking.

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maud.

Scotland / 2022 / 16m / English | Buy Pass

In-Person: Sat 24 June / 14:30 BST

Online: 23 - 29 June

A meditation on the work of the trailblazing Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter and an interrogation of the politics of artistic memory.

maud. (2022) demands answers as to why Sulter's legacy and impact has been so well-hidden from the wider Scottish artistic landscape. Released fourteen years after her death, the film explores the politics of memory and how this intersects with art; who do we celebrate and who goes largely unrecognised? Filmed in Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews, four Black artists currently making art in Scotland - Adebusola Ramsay, Sekai Machache, Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika & Zoë Guthrie and Camara Taylor - discuss how learning about Maud Sulter has affected them and their practice. We are called upon to explore Sulter’s impressive body of work ourselves, including her writing, visual art and collaborations with other artists such as Lubaina Himid and Ingrid Pollard.

  • Director: Natasha Thembiso Ruwona [@badgalnt]

    Visual Director: Xavier LaCroix [@xavierxlacroix]

    Executive Producer: Tomiwa Folorunso [@tomiwafolorunso]

    Assistant Producers:

    Chizu Anucha [@chizunnamdoi]

    Khadea Santi [@khadeasanti]

    Editor: Xavier LaCroix [@xavierxlacroix]

    Sound Designer: Chizu Anucha [@chizunnamdoi]

    Title Credits: EffieType [@effiiie]

    Captioner: Sarya Wu

  • Adebusola Ramsay

    Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika & Zoë Guthrie

    Camara Taylor

    Sekai Machache

  • Captions by Sarya Wu

    British Sign Language by Grace Buckle

    BSL Editing by Tao-Anas Le Thanh

    Audio Descriptions provided by the International Digital Centre

Listen to…

Sound Designer Chizu Anucha and Visual Director Xavier LaCroix talk about maud. in our Audio Programme, Before the Applause - available wherever you get your podcasts.

Read Response

Artwork from the festival's poster

To hold, to touch and to shape Black Scottish history

A Response to maud., written by By Eilidh Akilade