Sultana Isham
Sultana Isham is an award-winning composer, violinist, scholar, filmmaker, and interdisciplinary fellow at The Sundance Institute. Isham was a researcher and the composer for the documentary All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk and the Emmy-nominated documentary, The Neutral Ground, earning her an IDA nomination for best score of 2021. In 2023, she made her composer/conductor debut with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and her recent score for the Peabody-winning HBO docu-series Stax: Soulsville, USA received the TV Premiere Audience Award at SXSW. Isham has been published in academic, editorial, and archival journals such as e-flux, UNC Press’ Southern Cultures, WePresent and i-D Magazine.
