GREENOCK residents will be offered a free film screening and discussion on witchcraft, gender and social exclusion later this month.
RIG Arts will host the event at RIG Studios, Old West Kirk, Campbell Street, Greenock, on September 25, from 7pm to 9pm.
The screening will feature I Am Not a Witch, written and directed by Rungano Nyoni.
Released in 2017, the film is set in Zambia and follows Shula, a young girl accused of witchcraft.
She is sent to a government-run witch camp, where she meets women who have also been accused and ostracised by society.
Afterwards, attendees will be invited to join an informal discussion about the film’s themes and their links to local history and folk belief.
Topics will include witchcraft, gender, power and social exclusion.
Organisers say the film also raises questions about who becomes labelled a witch, and how social and economic conditions can contribute to public fears and moral panics.
RIG Arts said the screening forms part of artist Alicia Matthews’ ongoing residency project.
The project explores the 17th-century witch trials in the former parish of Inverkip, alongside experiences of women’s labour, care, maternal mental health and ageing.
The event is linked to Matthews’ wider Galoshans Festival ceramics project and will take place the evening before a related ceramics workshop.
Refreshments will be provided, and entry is free. Places are asked to be booked in advance by emailing info@rigarts.org.
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