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07 September 2026

How a Guy Named ‘RONZO’ Loosened Up a Small Town in North Mississippi

Written by Paul Moon

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By Gregory Crofton Ronzito, Ronzo, Hoka Ron … whatever you called him … the nicknames meant one thing: People liked and knew of Ron Shapiro. He was a happy guy, adventurous and funny. And he would really listen to what someone had to say. When he arrived in Oxford, Miss., in the mid-1970s he didn’t…

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Paul Moon

H. Paul Moon is a filmmaker based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose works concentrate on the performing arts. Major films include “Sitka: A Piano Documentary” about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, “Quartet for the End of Time” about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition, and an acclaimed feature film about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber that premiered on PBS. Moon has created music videos for numerous composers including Moondog, Susan Botti and Angélica Negrón, and three opera films set in a community garden. His film “The Passion of Scrooge” was awarded “Critic's Choice” by Opera News as a “thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed” with “first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling.” Further highlights include works featured in exhibitions at the Nevada Museum of Art and the City Museum of New York, PBS television broadcasts, and best of show awards in over a dozen international film festivals.