2023 Human Rights Jurors
Sharon Rosen Leib
Freelance Journalist/Contributing Writer
Sharon Rosen Leib is a widely published, award-winning columnist who writes about her passions: the California Jewish experience; combating antisemitism; her family’s Hollywood history; feminism; humanism; and politics. Her prior career as a California deputy attorney general took its toll on her soul and led her to freelance journalism.
Deidre McDonald
Founding Artistic Director, BronzeLens Film Festival
At the fore of numerous arts and educational endeavors, Deidre McDonald founded the Oscar-qualifying BronzeLens Film Festival. An award-winning TV and documentary producer, she also spearheaded numerous media initiatives for Clark Atlanta University, and was project leader for the Georgia Entertainment Work Ready Region.
Keshawn Morgan
Student, Morehouse College
Keshawn Morgan of Orlando is a senior at Morehouse College and a theater and performance major with a minor in Africana Studies. Keshawn is an actor and artivist who uses various methods of storytelling to spread love and positivity. He has acted in several student-led theater and film productions and got a role in HBO Max’s Project Greenlight.
In this genre-bending docufiction, an Israeli diplomat navigates the treachery of politics, bureaucracy and racism to rescue Ethiopian Jews from a brutal civil war.
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