Education
Bachelor, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Master of Fine Arts, Tisch School Arts, New York University.
Bachelor, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Master of Fine Arts, Tisch School Arts, New York University.
Artist in residence University Leeds, Bretton Hall College, York, England, 1993, 555 Arts Gallery, Detroit, 2007. Professor College New Rochelle, New York City, 2000—2001, Media Arts Department Long Island University, Brooklyn, since 2002. Professor Gallatin school individualized study New York University, New York City, since 2002, professor Tisch school arts, since 2005.
Instructor Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, since 2003, Chica Luna Productions F Word Project, New York City, since 2003. Film curator Reel Sisters Diaspora Film Festival, Brooklyn, 2005—2007. Special resource consultant Screenwriters' Guild Nigeria, Lagos, since 2008.
Author (screenwriter): (screenplays) The One (Academy Foundation Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Semi-Finalist, 1999), The Players' Wives, Philadelphia's Child, The Judgement Days (French Institute of Petroleum Gordon Park Screenwriting award, 1998, Best Screenplay Urbanworld Film Festival, 2000). Director(playwright): (musical) Griot Trio: Tellers of African Folktales. Author (librettist): (musical) Scandalous People.
Author: (playwright) Band of Angels:The Fisk Jubilee Singers. Author: (scriptwriter) Evolution of A People: To Dream, To Fight, To Win. Author: (playwright, collaborator) Union Square, (play) The Height of Excellence: The Dorothy Height Story.
Author: (scriptwriter) Speakeasy: The History of Jazz.
Production coordinator RaiseUP Collective, Brooklyn, 2006—2007. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-AIDS educator Hospital Audiences Incorporated, New York York City, 1988—1997. Member of Screenwriters' Guild of Nigeria, Theta Alpha Phi.
Daughter of William Churchill and Frances Young, Warren Young (Stepfather). Married Hassan Barrett, September 21, 2001. Children: Makeda Barrett, Chance Barrett.