Tate Britain Film

Affective Labour: confronting images of motherhood

31 January 2024 at 19.00–21.00

A black and white image showing a white woman with long dark hair, she wears a patterned dress with a V neck and stands in a street.

Still from Ninna Nanna (Margaret Salmon, 2007), courtesy of the artist.

Join Catherine Elwes, Margaret Salmon and Mary Martins to explore women filmmakers responses to Motherhood

Challenging the demands of reproductive labour has long been at the heart of the feminist struggle, and the basis for many arresting works by artists across the decades. This is also the case for feminist artist filmmakers. The ground-breaking exploration of women’s lived experience through a multi-generational family portrait presented in Bred and Born (Mary Pat Leece/Joanna Davis, 1983) provides a point of reflection for the video work of Cate Elwes, and recent films by Margaret Salmon and Mary Martins.

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