Cheryl Foggo

Cheryl Dawn Foggo is a Canadian author, documentary film director, screenwriter and playwright.

Early and personal life Born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1956, she is descended from Black Oklahomans who settled in Maidstone, Saskatchewan, in 1910. She also had ancestors who lived in Amber Valley and Campsie, Alberta. Foggo knew CTrain designer Oliver Bowen when she was growing up in Calgary and her mother's bridesmaid and close friend was Violet King Henry, the first Black woman lawyer in Canada.

Advocacy A voice for Black pioneers in Western Canada, Foggo recently served on the advisory board for Black on the Prairies, a multi-platform archive and resource initiated and curated by journalist Omayra Issa and CBC Radio host Ify Chiwetelu on CBC and has also had multiple presentations of her multi-media creations: Ranchers, Rebels and the Righteous, Creole, Travelling On, Five Voices and Unlocking Sacred Codes. She began work on the play John Ware Re-Imagined,

She has been profiled in Who's Who in Black Canada. produced by Ellipsis Tree Collective Theatre Company. John Ware Reimagined had its second production at Workshop West Theatre Company in 2017. An early version of the play had its first public reading in 2012. The audio version of the 30th anniversary edition is read by actor Karen Robinson.

Her three children's/young adult books - One Thing That's True (1998), I Have Been in Danger (2001), Dear Baobab, (2011) John Ware Reclaimed had its world premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival in 2020, where it received the CTV Alberta Feature Audience Choice Award.

In 2019, she wrote and directed the short film Kicking Up a Fuss: The Charles Daniels Story, which was a finalist for an AMPIA in 2020.

In 2002, she wrote and directed the NFB documentary film The Journey of Lesra Martin.

She has been a consultant on several other films and was a member of the story team on the CBC drama North of 60 for 2.5 seasons.

Filmography Director 2019Kicking Up a Fuss: The Charles Daniels StoryScreenwriter Director

Screenwriting Carol's Mirror (1992), winner of national and international educational film awards member, story-writing team, North of Sixty TV series, for 2.5 seasons The Higher Law, co-written for North of Sixty TV series Love Hurts (1998), episode of North of Sixty TV series, finalist for Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards consultant, NFB's Race is a Four Letter Word (2006) researcher, National Film Board's (NFB), Mighty Jerome (2010)

Awards 2021 Grand Prize Regards d'ici category Vues d'Afrique Festival Internationale for John Ware Reclaimed 2021 Calgary Black Chambers Arts, Entertainment and Media Award 2020 Calgary International Film Festival CTV Alberta Feature Audience Choice Award for John Ware Reclaimed. 2015 Writers Guild of Alberta Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama for John Ware Reimagined. 2015 Obsidian Black Achievement Award for Professional Excellence. 2014 Writers Guild of Canada Sondra Kelly Screenplay Award 2008 national Harry Jerome Award for the Arts Merit Award, Fort Calgary (2004) Chris Award for Journey of Lesra Martin, Columbus International Film Festival (2003) Best Education Program, Gold Apple Award & Short Drama Award, for Carol's Mirror (1992) Great North TV Writing Competition (1995) Achievement Award, BAASA (1998)

Award nominations Writers Guild of Canada documentary script Governor General Silver Birch Blue Heron Mr. Christie The Writers Guild of Alberta R. Ross Annett finalist in Theatre BC's National Playwriting Competition Love Hurts, finalist, Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards Kicking Up a Fuss: The Charles Daniels Story, finalist, Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards