Shola Lynch
Shola Lynch oversees the Schomburg Center’s collections of motion picture films, video recordings, music, and spoken-arts recordings, which document the experiences of people of African descent. She is also an accomplished filmmaker focusing on African American history. Her works include the feature documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and the Peabody Award-winning documentary Chisholm ’72 – Unbought & Unbossed. Lynch holds an MA in American History and Public History Management from the University of California, Riverside, and an MA in Journalism from Columbia University.