African American History and Culture Ministry Archives

To experience Sandra Rattley's multi-media work, visit Unladylike2020 and

Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions.


Sandra (Sandy) Rattley is currently Executive Producer, Director and Writer of Unladylike2020, an innovative multimedia series consisting of a one-hour special broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, 26 ten-to-twelve minute digital shorts, a suite of educational curriculum and resources, and a comprehensive engagement campaign, which premiered in honor of the 2020 centennial of the 19th amendment on PBS' award-winning biography program, American Masters, attracting close to 5 million viewers to date. She has been Executive Producer of other seminal documentary projects including, the Peabody award-winning series Wade in the Water on African American sacred music produced with the Smithsonian Institution, and Making the Music, hosted by Wynton Marsalis.

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