Sheila Curran Bernard, filmmaker and writer

Project creation, development, oversight, writing, story analysis

Sheila Curran Bernard is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, filmmaker, and consultant who has played a leading role in creating and overseeing projects for national and international broadcast, theatrical release, and museum and classroom use -- work that is often strategically leveraged to enhance impact through the simultaneous development of components for education and outreach/public engagement... (continue reading)

When Harlem Was in Vogue

In development:

Ten-hour drama for prime time

Based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis.

Now streaming: Inside Story

Story by (shared)

Official Website

Theatrical and broadcast release throughout sub-Saharan Africa

Free worldwide streaming, Snag Films, click here

Purchase digital copy (US only, Amazon or iTunes) - proceeds to the non-profit Discovery Learning Alliance

FREE downloads outside US only, available in Kiswahili, French, Portuguese, English - click here

Now streaming : Slavery by Another Name

Writer

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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon;

Narrated by Laurence Fishburne

Broadcast premiere, PBS, February 2012, reaching about 5 million viewers in its first week

Official selection, 2012 Sundance Film Festival

Watch online (free) -- click here

Free online press, classroom, and community materials, including photos, click here; reviews, click here

See also the Created Equal initiative from the NEH and the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History.

In theaters: Jerusalem (IMAX 3D)

Contributing writer

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Written and directed by
Daniel Ferguson

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch

Premiered fall 2013

For theaters: click here