Shola Lynch, M.A. ’95 – 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award

Shola Lynch is an award-winning filmmaker. She has written and directed for CNN, ESPN, HBO Sports and PBS. Her first independent documentary, Chisholm ’72 – Unbought & Unbossed which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won a Peabody Award and has since become classic. Her second feature, which was co-produced with De Films En Aiguille, recounts the politically charged events that thrust academic and activist Angela Davis on to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. The Toronto International Film Festival premiered Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. The film sold internationally in Brazil, France, South Africa and Sweden. In the US, Code Black/Lionsgate distributed the film theatrically and BET broadcast it. Free Angela has been honored with numerous awards including a NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary. In 2013, Sundance selected Shola for the prestigious Women’s Filmmaker Initiative. Her current project, The Outlaw, her first narrative feature, has been honored with a highly competitive 2015 Creative Capital grant.

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