Dr. Angela Sadler Williamson

Dr. Angela Sadler WilliamsonDr. Angela Sadler WilliamsonDr. Angela Sadler Williamson

Dr. Angela Sadler Williamson

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Dr. Angela Sadler Williamson

Educator, TV Host, Documentary Filmmaker, Speaker & Author

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Voted the best children’s book on Black History by Mothering magazine, Dr. Angela shares a different side of Rosa Parks only known to her family, the Williamson family.  This book helps continue Rosa Parks’ legacy and philosophy on activism by teaching young readers how to become change agents in their community. 

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    "My Life with Rosie" Film Festivals & Awards

    Winner - Best Documentary Film (Feature)

    Culver City Film Festival (December 2017)

    Trinity International Film Festival (August 2018)

    CKF International Film Festival (April 2019)

    Christian Family Film Festival (June 2019)

    Royal Wolf Film Awards (July 2019)

    Royal Wolf Film Awards - Best of the Month (July 2019)

    Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival (January 2020)

    Winner - Best Biographical Documentary (Feature)

    Bare Bones Film Festival ( April 2019)

    Hollywood Women's Film Festival (June 2019)


    Winner - Best Director & Best Female Director (Documentary Feature)

    Trinity International Film Festival (August 2018)

    Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival (August 2018) 

    Silver State Film Festival (September 2018)

    Marina del Rey Film Festival (October 2018)

    Equality International Film Festival -Producer's Award (April 2019)

    Royal Wolf Film Awards - Best Female Director, Best Documentary Director, & Best First-time Filmmaker (July 2019)

    Winner - Audience Award for Best Documentary

     Silicon Beach Film Festival (April 2018)

    Winner - Best Political Documentary

    Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival (August 2018)

    Official Selections & Nominations

    5 Nominations at the Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival (August 2018)

    4 Nominations  at the Action on Film International Film Festival (August 2018)

    Official Selection at the South Georgia Film Festival (March 2019)

    Official Selection & 4 Nominations at the Royal Wolf Film Awards (July 2019)

    Official Selection at the Franklin Indie International Film Festival (August 2019)    

    Semi-Finalist at the jellyFEST Film Festival (August 2019)

    Official Selection at the Hollywood Women's Holiday Film Festival (December 2020)

    2020 Emmy Nominated "My Life with Rosie" Extended Preview

    "If there's one key thing that My Life With Rosie does and does really well, it's humanizing a civil rights icon and bringing her words and her deeds and her life into a current time in history when institutionalized and individualized racism, neither of which has ever actually gone away, has instead seemingly been given new life in ways that are jarring and frightening."  Richard Propes, The Independent Critic    

    Presentations

    Speaking Engagements, Panel Discussions, Seminars & Keynote Addresses

    "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins" reading, presented at Horace Mann Elementary School, Anaheim, CA, May, 5, 2025.


    "My Everybody Journey" presentation at the Upland Women's Club, Upland, CA, October 22, 2024.


    Juneteenth Celebration "Nothing Without Labor" Rosa Parks' presentation at the Boys Republic, Chino Hills, CA, June 19, 2024.


    Women's History Month "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins" reading, presented at Castle Rock Elementary School, Diamond Bar, CA, March 20, 2024.


    Black History Month "My Everybody Journey" presentation at the American University of Nigeria, Africa, February 27, 2024.


    "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins" reading, presented at the Corinita Elementary School, Corona, CA, May 23, 2023.


    Black History Month "My Life with Rosie" presentation at the City of the Baldwin Park, Baldwin Park, CA, February 25, 2023.


    Black History Month "My Life with Rosie" presentation at the Astoria Park Villas, Pasadena, CA, February 3, 2023.


    Black History Month "My Life with Rosie" presentation at the Fontana Exchange Club, Fontana, CA, February 1, 2023.


    "Step Into Your Legacy" presentation at the Townsend Institute Conference, Irvine, CA, August 13, 2022.


    "Step Into Your Legacy" commencement address at Iowa Wesleyan University, Mt. Pleasant, IA, April 30, 2022.


    Women's History Month "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins" reading, presented at the Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, March 23, 2022.


    Black History Month "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins" reading and book signing event, presented at the Folk Music Center, Claremont, CA, February 26, 2022.


    Women's History Month "Activism Never Sleeps", presented at Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA, April 1, 2021.


    RIO Talks "Activism Never Sleeps", presented at Rio Hondo Community College, Whittier, CA, February 22, 2021.


    Creative Longevity In Film - Unveiling The Real Rosa Parks, presented at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA, January 10, 2020.


    Women Who Illuminate Book Tour, presented at the Iowa City Book Festival, Iowa City, IA, October 5, 2019.


    Women Who Illuminate & My Life with Rosie Presentation, presented at the University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA,  October 4, 2019.


    My Life with Rosie Screening and Question and Answer Discussion, presented at FilmScene, Iowa City, IA, October 3, 2019. 


    "Activism Never Sleeps" Keynote Address, presented at the Iowa Women's Foundation 25th Anniversary Luncheon, Coralville, IA, October 3, 2019.


    "Dare to Live Your Legacy" presented at the Dare to Dream Conference, Wilmington, DE, August 17, 2019.


    "My Rosie Journey" presented to the Whittier Reciprocity Group of P.E.O. Sisterhood, Whittier, CA, April 2, 2019.


    "Women Championing Women" Keynote Address, presented to Concordia University’s Women in Leadership, March 27, 2019.


    Belle Babb Mansfield Symposium Screening, Panel Discussion, and Keynote Address, presented to Iowa Wesleyan University, March 20 – 21, 2019.


    "Preserving A Family’s Legacy" Panel Discussion, presented to the South Georgia Film Festival, Valdosta, GA, March 1, 2019.


    "My Life with Rosie" Screening and Question and Answer Discussion, presented to Concordia University, Irvine, CA, February 27, 2019.


    "My Rosie Journey," presented to P.E.O. Sisterhood, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, July 9, 2018.


    "My Life with Rosie: Examining Rosa Parks’ public service legacy through the life of Carolyn Williamson Green" presented to Quail Summit Elementary School, Diamond Bar, CA, March 5, 2018.


    "My Life with Rosie: Examining Rosa Parks’ public service legacy through the life of Carolyn Williamson Green" presented to San Bernardino Valley Community College’s Black History Celebration, San Bernardino, CA, February 23, 2018.


    "My Life with Rosie: Examining Rosa Parks’ public service legacy through the life of Carolyn Williamson Green" presented to P.E.O. Sisterhood, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, February 13, 2017.


    "My Life with Rosie: Examining Rosa Parks’ public service legacy through the life of Carolyn Williamson Green" presented to CARE at Rio Hondo Community College, Whittier, CA, August 16, 2016.


    "Predictors of Technological Anxiety and Self-Efficacy Regarding Social Media and its Implications for Nonprofit Agencies Targeting Older Adults Poster Session" presented to 200 attendees at the Campus Technology Forum (CT Forum), Westin Hotel in Long Beach, CA, April 8-9, 2014.

    Publicity Appearances

    The Actor's Choice (YouTube)

    KVCR (Inland Empire PBS) 

    KILJ  Radio Interview

    KSNV I KVCW  Las Vegas  

    News 3 Las Vegas

    News Talk Radio 840 AM KXNT-AM

    The Joe Show Network - TJSN (Podcast)

    Channel 3 Iowa City TV

    Freedom Matters with Yvette Dupel (Podcast)

    Changing the Course (Podcast) with Atara Twersky

    The Dr. Sue Show: The Rosa Parks Ripple Effect WWDB-AM

    Dr. Sue & You - Dr. Angela Williamson RVN-TV


    Presentation at the Iowa City Book Festival 2019

    The Iowa City Book Festival is organized by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. Iowa City is one of just 20 Cities of Literature in the world, and the Iowa City Book Festival celebrates books and writing by leveraging the unique mix of local resources that helped to earn that designation. 

    Everybody with Angela Williamson - KLCS PBS

    LA Press Award 2024 Winner - Advocating for Musicians and Financial Literacy with "Wil-Dog" Abers

     Imagine a show where everybody’s voice mattered. On this episode of Everybody, Angela Williamson talks with Willy "Wil-Dog" Abers, a bassist for the LA-based Ozomatli band. Wil-Dog is a financial ambassador advocating for financial literacy for the underbanked. His mission is to help amateur musicians, wanting to be professional musicians, manage their finances smartly.  Listen to ordinary people doing extraordinary things while strengthening their communities. Tune in every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. to hear their amazing stories. 

    Women Trailblazers with Michelle Kantor

    Imagine a show where everybody’s voice mattered.  On this episode of Everybody, Angela Williamson talks with Michelle Kantor, founder of Cinefemme, a non-profit organization which provides fiscal sponsorship and support for women filmmakers. She is an award-winning director, producer, writer and editor dedicated to advancing women in the professional ranks of cinema. Listen to ordinary people doing extraordinary things while strengthening their communities. Tune in every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. to hear their amazing stories.

    Twenty Years After 9/11 with Survivor Linda Kalocsay

     

    Imagine a show where everybody’s voice mattered. On this episode of Everybody, Angela Williamson talks with Linda Kalocsay, former Morgan Stanley employee who was working in the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. Linda will share her story and will discuss how Americans should commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Colonel Garth Massey, Executive Director from CommandReady, joins the conversation to discuss how our community can support people who suffer from traumatic events.  Listen to ordinary people doing extraordinary things while strengthening their communities. Tune in every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. to hear their amazing stories. 

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    About Me

    My Beginnings

    My Favorite Work

    My Favorite Work

    Dr. Angela Sadler Williamson, Ph.D., is an international best-selling author, LA Area Emmy-nominated filmmaker, multiple Telly awards recipient, and former producer and copywriter for major broadcast TV and cable news networks. 


    Her LA Area Emmy-nominated documentary, "My Life with Rosie," is about the activism of her cousin Rosa Parks. It

    Dr. Angela Sadler Williamson, Ph.D., is an international best-selling author, LA Area Emmy-nominated filmmaker, multiple Telly awards recipient, and former producer and copywriter for major broadcast TV and cable news networks. 


    Her LA Area Emmy-nominated documentary, "My Life with Rosie," is about the activism of her cousin Rosa Parks. It has won numerous “Best Documentary” titles at film festivals across the country. 

    My Favorite Work

    My Favorite Work

    My Favorite Work

     Her international best-selling companion book, "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins," has been named “Best Children’s Book about Black History.” 


    She is also the producer and host of the award-winning weekly interview show "Everybody with Angela Williamson" on KLCS PBS, which champions the “human spirit” by sharing inspiring storie

     Her international best-selling companion book, "My Life with Rosie: A Bond Between Cousins," has been named “Best Children’s Book about Black History.” 


    She is also the producer and host of the award-winning weekly interview show "Everybody with Angela Williamson" on KLCS PBS, which champions the “human spirit” by sharing inspiring stories with a larger audience and demonstrating that everybody has a role in making our world a better place.

    My Life Today

    My Favorite Work

    My Life Today

    A dedicated philanthropist proudly carrying on her cousin’s legacy, she harnesses the power of her 25+ years of experience in education and media for social good through her involvement in projects and organizations that focus on improving the communities they serve.

    Upcoming Events

    04/02/2025

    "Everybody with Angela Williamson" Season Eight Premiere

    10:30 pm

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    KLCS PBS LA - Channel 58

    Event Details

    04/02/2025

    "Everybody with Angela Williamson" Season Eight Premiere

    Get ready to be blown away! Season EIGHT is HERE, and we're kicking things off with a BANG! Legendary, retired NBCLA weathercaster Fritz Col...

    Event Details

    10:30 pm

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    11pm

    KLCS PBS LA - Channel 58

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