Pronouns: They/Them/He/Him

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Thandiwe Gula-Ndebele is a multidisciplinary storyteller currently using photography and filmmaking to document the narratives and ongoing history of their community. Thandiwe’s work inquires into concepts of freedom within the African Diaspora, with an acute focus on remembrance and empowerment. They draw on self representation and reimagination of self while prioritising the experiences and narratives of black women and black queer people. Thandiwe uses visual language to interrogate and understand memory, identity and freedom. Working towards compassionate and intimate ways of creating, their work is rooted in reflection and ritual, which they believe are “expressions and rites of passage of indigenous knowledge”.

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Their work ranges from documentary films, music videos, experimental films and web series such as ‘The Foxy Five’, that have screened at film festivals in Africa as well as internationally and photographs featured in publications including Lake Magazine, Bubblegumclub, September Issues, True Africa and i-D.

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Awards and Film Selections:

"Prayers for Sweet Waters" : Sundance Film Festival 2022, Hamptons International Film Festival 2021, New Fest New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2021.

“There’s Still Good”: Official Selection for Outfest fusion Film Festival 2019, LGBT Toronto Film Festival 2019, Our City Film Project 2017

“The Foxy Five”: Official Selection for Kaapse Bobotie 2017 Shnit Worldwide Shortfilm Festival

Creative Nestlings Young African Filmmaker Award 2016

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Exhibitions:

'IN FLUX' Group Show, First Floor Gallery Harare, August to September 2021

Group Exhibition ‘Collective Ties’  by The Botswana Pavillion, October to November  2020, Virtual via Artsteps (Global)

Group Exhibition ‘Mind Trip’ December 2019 , Harare, Zimbabwe

Creative Avenue via Southern Africa Arts : Scrapbook Sessions Vol. 1, 2019

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Events and Spaces Created:

Feels Festival , Music festival 2019, Harare, Zimbabwe

Mind Trip : A Space to Share and Experience Art , 2019, Harare, Zimbabwe

IN FLUX Digital Artist Residency, 2021, supported by a grant from the British Council Zimbabwe

Creative Avenue Creative Starter Kit Series, 2021

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Workshops and Panels:

Creative Avenue Scrapbook Sessions- Creative Panel,2020

Creative Avenue via Southern Africa Arts:The Global Creative landscape and Africa’s Role in the Future, 2020

Photography and Presence - Falcon College , 2020

Visual Storytelling for liberation: Afrofuturism and  Embodiment - University of the Underground, 2020