Wanda's Picks

Sharon La Cruise (Producer/Director) has worked in television and film for twenty years, both in the corporate and production aspects of the business. She began her television career with ABC Primetime sales, working closely with the account executives and advertising agencies. She has worked for Blackside Inc., Firelight Media, Roja Productions, The Faith Project, The Coca-Cola Company, the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and CNN. She has worked on "Shut up & Sing;" "Going Up River: The Long War of John Kerry;" "Beyond Brown: Pursing the Promise;" "Citizen King;" "Matters of Race;" "This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys;" "Zora Neale Hurston’s Jump at the Sun;" CNN’s Through the Lens, The Road to the White House, and The Planetary Police. She currently works as an associate for the Ford Foundation in the JustFilms unit, and is a member of the International Documentary Association. She holds an M.A. degree in television journalism from New York University, and a B.A. in history from Adelphi Uni