Ubuntu Film Club is a collective from Helsinki that organises monthly film screenings and panel discussions.
Ubuntu Film Club interviews Good Hair Day Collective
Ubuntu Film Club (Alice Mutoni, Rewina Teklai, Fiona Musanga) in conversation with Good Hair Day (Saida Mäki-Penttilä, Paloma Sandberg, Akunna Onwen) about why community-based organisations are needed?
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READDr. Aiswarya Rao on navigating hostile spaces for people-particularly women- with disabilities through the organization ‘Better World Shelter for Women with Disabilities’, building safe spaces, changing policies, and tying art into livelihood, fun, and friendship.
Blending Art, Friendship & Advocacy: A Conversation With Dr. Aiswarya Rao
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READHiwa is interested in research, participatory working, and collective action, but he is also interested in making it, for lack of a better word, fun. Previously written texts and press articles on Hiwa have called him an “extellectual”, someone who gains knowledge from ‘the streets’, through conversations and the exchange of books. Despite the risk of repeating pre-published information, I find it critically important for the sake of reading the following interview to point out that the qualities of humour and satire—to neither take oneself too seriously nor wallow in the miseries of the world—occupy a central position in Hiwa’s work.
On Recognising the Moment of Hope: Speaking in Echoes With Hiwa K.
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READEveryone in Vilanismo is someone I met and grew close to within the contemporary art circuit. Some even earlier, through graffiti, like Robson, or São Paulo’s pixação scene. The idea was to understand how their practices could move forward collectively, while also allowing me to be part of that vehicle, amplifying one another. So the starting point was affection and mutual admiration.
Vilanismo: An Ethics of Care and a Philosophical Framework Emerging from Afro-Paulistano Culture
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READAbinaya and Vanessa reflect on their experiences in the Tamil community and discuss the pressure to represent Tamilness for non-Tamil audiences. Abinaya discusses her work with Tamil Guardian, which sought to combat Sri Lankan government propaganda and elevate the voice of the Eelam Tamil polity. Vanessa discusses her role in editing Tamil Futures, a creative arts magazine aimed at the global Tamil community, which prioritized creative archiving and documenting underrepresented histories.
Writing Tamilness: Perspectives From Tamil Futures and Tamil Guardian