Cheryl Foggo
Cheryl Foggo is a Canadian author, screenwriter and playwright.
Life
Born in Calgary,[1] she is descended from black Oklahomans who settled in Amber Valley, Alberta and Maidstone, Saskatchewan in 1910.[2] Foggo grew up with CTrain designer Oliver Bowen and her mother's bridesmaid was Violet King Henry, the first black woman lawyer in Canada.[3]
Advocacy
A keen researcher and voice for black pioneers in Canada, Foggo has also had multiple showings of her multi-media presentations: Ranchers, Rebels and the Righteous, Creole, Travelling On, Five Voices and Unlocking Sacred Codes.[4] She created the play John Ware Re-Imagined,[3] hoping to bring attention to the black Canadian cowboy in time for the centennial of the Calgary Stampede in 2012.[5]
She has been profiled in Who's Who in Black Canada.[4]
Journalism
Foggo has written for Reader's Digest.ca, Avenue, AlbertaViews, Alberta Ventures, Calgary, Western Living, Sunday Magazine, Arts Bridge, Muse, Canadian Consumer, the Calgary Herald, the Globe and Mail and Legacy.[4]
Plays
In August 2014, her play John Ware Reimagined premiered in Calgary, produced by Ellipsis Tree Collective Theatre Company. John Ware Reimagined had its first public reading in February 2012.[4] The script won the Writers Guild of Alberta 2015 Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama.[4]
In August 2012, The Devil We Know, her play co-written with Clem Martini, premiered at the Blyth Theatre Festival.[4]
In 2010, she created a stage adaptation of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, receiving workshops and staged readings during Theatre Calgary's Fuse Festival and Afrikadey.[4]
Books
- I'll Tell You The Good Things First, a novel[2]
- Hiding Place, essays on the Black prairie experience[2]
- Dear Baobab, This is What Happened To Me, a children's book,[2] 2011, Second Story Press[4]
- Pourin' Down Rain[2]
- One Thing That's True [2]
- I Have Been in Danger[2]
Screenwriting
- researcher, National Film Board's (NFB) Mighty Jerome (2010)[2]
- consultant, NFB's Race is a Four Letter Word (2006)[2]
- Wrote and directed The Journey of Lesra Martin (2002) - featured at Hollywood Black Film Festival (2003)[2]
- Love Hurts (1998), finalist, Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards[2]
- "The Higher Law", co-written for North of Sixty[2]
- member, story-writing team, North of Sixty TV series, for 2.5 seasons[2]
- Carol's Mirror (1992), winner of national and international educational film awards[2]
Awards
- 2008 national Harry Jerome Award For The Arts[2]
- 2015 Writers Guild of Alberta Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama for John Ware Reimagined.[4]
- Merit Award, Fort Calgary (2004)[2]
- Chris Award for Journey of Lesra Martin, Columbus International Film Festival (2003)[2]
- Best Education Program, Gold Apple Award & Short Drama Award, for Carol's Mirror (1992)[2]
- Great North TV Writing Competition (1995)[2]
- Achievement Award, BAASA (1998)[2]
Award nominations
- Governor General[2]
- Silver Birch[2]
- Blue Heron[2]
- Mr. Christie[2]
- The Writers Guild of Alberta R. Ross Annett[2]
- finalist in Theatre BC's National Playwriting Competition (2000)
- Love Hurts (1998), finalist, Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards
References
- ↑ Williams, Dawn P. (2006). Who's who in Black Canada 2: Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada : a Contemporary Directory. Dawn. P Williams. ISBN 978-0973138412.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Cheryl Foggo". Black in Canada. Retrieved 5 Feb 2017.
- 1 2 Hunt, Stephen (March 5, 2014). "Thanks to The Real McCoy, Andrew Moodie found a way to celebrate our black heroes". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cheryl Foggo". Playwrights Guild of Canada. Retrieved 5 Feb 2017.
- ↑ White, Ryan (August 20, 2014). "Reintroducing Albertans to John Ware". CTV News. CTV News. Retrieved 5 Feb 2017.
External links
- Cheryl Foggo on IMDb
