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About Sharony
Sharony is a native of Miami, Florida, with roots in the U.S. South and the Bahamas. Her narrative feature sci-fi screenplay RAIN COME SOON, which receives inspiration from an award-winning book she wrote, placed first in the 2021 Reel SIsters of the Diaspora Film Festival, the first Academy Award qualifying fest for shorts by women of color. The pilot for THE GROVE, Sharony's half hour episodic drama about her childhood neighborhood, was a Stowe Story Labs semifinalist. She just completed UNGODLY BLUE, another narrative feature screenplay, receiving inspiration in part from her book on Zora Neale Hurston's visit to 1940s Honduras for which she recently signed a book contract. Sharony co-directed and co-produced THE GRANT GREEN STORY, a jazz doc feature about the legendary jazz guitarist who is her former father in law. The film premiered at the 2016 Harlem International Film Festival.
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UNGODLY BLUE Historical Two African American women living in two different eras find and lose something in Honduras.
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RAIN COME SOON Historical An African American woman living in the modern day finds love in -- of all places - the slavery era.
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The Grove Historical African American women face trials and triumphs in one old seaside community in Miami.
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You Dresses, Me Shoes Drama A chance sighting of a vintage dress sends an aging African American woman on a walk down memory lane.
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The Grant Green Story (
2017 )
Film Writer
Awards
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First Place, Narrative Feature screenplay, Reel Sister of the Diaspora Film Festival
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PEN American Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
(2020) -
Western Association of Women Historian Barbara "Penny" Kanner Prize
(2016) -
Honorable Mention, Best Screenplay, Harlem International Film Festival
(2012)
Education
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University of Illinois
(2010-2013) -
University of Chicago
(2005-2008) -
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
(2003-2005) -
University of Miami
(1985-1989)
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