Film director Ali Ray joins Lulu Minns on She Rebel Radio to talk about Frida: Exhibition On Screen – the updated re-release of the documentary exploring the life, art and enduring legacy of Frida Kahlo. Recorded following the Brighton launch event at La Choza in collaboration with digital lifestyle magazine Brighton On The Inside, the conversation explores why Frida still resonates so powerfully today – from feminism, pain and disability to identity, activism and the politics of being seen.
Ali shares how making the film transformed her understanding of Kahlo beyond the familiar iconography, revealing the depth, intelligence and radical honesty behind the artist's work. Lulu and Ali also discuss the wider history of women artists being overlooked, including connections to Lee Miller, and why stories by and about women still matter so deeply now.
''Frida put the private experiences of women into art' - Ali Ray
The episode also explores:
– Brighton's connection to the film and why Ali thinks "if Frida was a town, she'd be Brighton"
– The impact of Frida's work on generations of women
– Art as a way of communicating pain and difficult female experiences
– The Tate Modern exhibition Frida: The Making of an Icon
– Why female artists are so often remembered for everything except their work
Let's Connect:
With Ali Ray / Exhibition On Screen:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-ray/ / https://seventh-art.com/
With Lulu Minns / The Genius Wheel:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luluminns/ / www.thegeniuswheel.com
With Brighton On The Inside:
brightontheinside.co.uk
Linked She Rebel Radio episodes:
The Rules of Lee Miller: https://sites.libsyn.com/210074/the-rules-of-lee-miller-with-ami-bouhassane
Becoming your own Muse: https://sites.libsyn.com/210074/becoming-your-own-muse
Find Frida: Exhibition On Screen in cinemas nationwide from 19th May, 2026.
