Sheila Curran Bernard

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and writer, primarily on nonfiction films for national and theatrical release. Author, "Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen" (Focal Press, 5th edition, 2022, and widely translated), and co-author with Kenn Rabin of "Archival Storytelling: Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music" (Focal Press, 2nd edition, 2020). Most recent book: "Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies" (Cambridge University Press, 2024).