For more than 20 years Sharon Davis has made groundbreaking local and international documentaries for ABC Radio in Australia. As a founding member of the features program Radio Eye, she covered the first democratic election in South Africa, and was present when Kosovars streamed across the Macedonian border to escape the war. Davis’s work has been recognised by numerous awards including a Third Coast Award and Australia’s most prestigious prize, the Walkley Award, four times. She has been a finalist in the Prix Italia several times and received a Special Mention in 2006 for When Time Stood Still. Davis has also taught radio production across southern Africa and the Pacific, as well as lecturing at University.
Children of Sodom and Gomorrah
By Sharon Davis & Jens Jarisch
Sodom and Gomorrah is a hellish place in Accra, Ghana, where children eke out a living on a scrap heap of discarded computers that the West no longer needs. (more)
The Search for Edna Lavilla
By Eurydice Aroney & Sharon Davis
In 1942, Edna Lavilla Haynes died from a backyard abortion. After her death Edna was never mentioned again. (more)