raisingprovocations Archives - Raising Films

Samar Ziadat on the need for safe community spaces

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:47:34 +0000

In this final provocation of the series Samar Ziadat explores the vital need for safe community spaces within the context of the current political climate. Samar is a co-founder of Dardishi, and the project’s Programmer and Coordinator. She is also the Programme Coordinator of Glasgow Zine Library and a programmer at the Scottish Queer [...]

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Visual response to Raising Our Futures

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 08:03:35 +0000

Raising Films commissioned Alex J Gardner, an artist and designer, to illustrate the responses to our Raising Our Futures initiative. Alex's gorgeous, powerful and we hope inspiring, linocut response is available as a colouring in sheet and to purchase as a digital fine-art print. Information on how to get your [...]

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Robert Softley Gale on adaptability

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 11:04:38 +0000

For our fourth provocation Robert Softley Gale, Artistic Director, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company shares his thoughts on adaptability across working life and parenting life. Over to Robert... A few weeks ago my twin boys turned one. I remember thinking way back – before they were born and all this madness started – that after [...]

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Sade Banks on allowing space and time for self-care as a working mother

Sally Hodgson — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:19:47 +0000

For our third provocation Sade Banks, founder and CEO of Sour Lemons (a charity that exists to disrupt decision making tables in the creative and cultural sectors), takes some time to talk about leaving secure full-time employment, setting up her charity, the arrival of her ‘second’ child and learning the importance of establishing and [...]

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Naomi Mwasambili on the future of care and the #BlackLivesMatter movement

Sally Hodgson — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:30:03 +0000

For the second in our series of provocations we teamed up with Dr Erinma Ochu, Curator, Sheffield Doc/Fest Exchange and social entrepreneur Naomi Mwasambili of Chanua and NEUROLOVE. Naomi Mwasambili, through NEUROLOVE, is working in partnership with Dr Erinma Ochu to curate a series of online filmmaking workshops, mentoring opportunities and to commission micro-docs [...]

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Carina White on telling black stories not rooted in trauma

Sally Hodgson — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:10:54 +0000

In the first of our series of provocations to mark five years of Raising Films we welcome Carina White from Dope Black Mums on telling black stories not rooted in trauma. Carina is Head of Business & Partnerships, BCOMs (The Black Collective of Media in Sport) Board Member, School Governor, Dope Black Mums Podcaster [...]

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