Filmmaker and psychologist, Shani Harris Peterson’s filmography as a writer/director includes Wanna Be (2005), Sarah’s Secret (2004), Focus on Heritage: Dance Translations from the African Diaspora (2003), Prelude to Matrimony (2001), the documentary Ritmo de la Noche (2000), and Visions of a Call (1999). She has also worked on feature films, including Passing Glory (a TNT production) and award winning industrial films.Her latest screenplay, TOOK, was selected as a semifinalist in both the Hollywood Black Film Festival Storyteller Competition and in the annual BlueCat Screenplay Competition.