Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid‘s documentary Difficult Love (2010) is a personal take on the challenges facing black lesbians in South Africa. Mulholi, an internationally celebrated South African activist-artist, presents the intricate mesh of their political, artistic, and personal life through intimate photography and interviews with their friends, colleagues, and peers.
The screening will be introduced by Amelia Barikin, from the Kink collective. It is presented alongside Kink’s showcase of queer Australian art You Are Here Too.
Content Warning: This film references physical and sexual violence and trauma.
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Amelia Barikin is Associate Professor in Art History at the School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, and a member of the Kink collective. They were previously an ARC Senior Research Associate at the University of Melbourne, and have also worked as a curator and editor with various arts institutions.
