BIO

Auralynn Rosario is an award-winning filmmaker and writer based in New York City where she was born and raised. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from Smith College and is currently pursuing and MFA in Film Production from the City College of New York. Her first short documentary, Being Jezebel, which expounds on the stigmatization of Black women who do sex work, won the award “Best of Smith College” and was voted “Audience Favorite” at the 24th Annual Five College Film Festival. She is the 2020 recipient of the Helen Gurley Brown Magic Grant from Smith College, which funds the feature-length documentary version of Being Jezebel, for which she is currently in pre-production. She is also a 2020-2021 BAFTA Scholar and recent Marketing Intern at Women Make Movies. As a filmmaker, she strives to tell stories that challenge the status quo, raise questions, and affect social change. Her emerging themes include dismantling patriarchal systems, body autonomy, sex work, race, sexuality, and gender issues.