S. Pearl Sharp’s work focuses on cultural arts, health and Black Diaspora
history including the poetry short Back Inside Herself (1984 and 2009
Re-mix), the semi-animated Picking Tribes (1988), the celebrated The
Healing Passage/Voices From The Water (2004) and directing numerous
documentaries for the City of Los Angeles’ CH 35. Her films have screened
in Norway, China, Britain, the Caribbean and at FESPACO. Instigating
through art and activism she authored the non-fiction books Black Women
For Beginners and The Evening News, four volumes of poetry, and in 2021
she released the short poetry video “Blood Bank.”