Film Screening and Conversation: FIGMOS PTL by Doug Ruffin

Doug Ruffin is the owner of Urban Legacy Filmworks, an independent multimedia company, and Content Curator of The Buffalo History Channel, an online video source showcasing unique stories of Western New York’s history. During this event, Ruffin featured a short documentary with a unique relationship with the exhibition "Before and After Again." The exhibition includes paintings by Julia Bottoms featuring imagery directly indebted to Ruffin’s recordings. Ruffin’s documentary explores the history of a Black-owned grocery store on Jefferson Avenue from 1981 to 1983, FIGMOS PTL, an acronym for “Finally I Got My Own Supermarket, Praise The Lord.”
Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott joins Doug Ruffin and the artist Julia Bottoms to moderate a conversation about how we can expand the legacies of our city more broadly, creatively, and efficiently through history, storytelling, and cultural activities.
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Recorded on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

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Awesome. I wish I was there. So Interesting. Doug Ruffin is an excellent film maker....