Yoruba Richen’s most recent documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks won a Peabody award. Other recent work include the Emmy-nominated films American Reckoning, How It Feels to Be Free, and The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. She directed an episode of the award-winning series, High on the Hog and her film, The Killing of Breonna Taylor won an NAACP Image Award. Yoruba was a Sundance Fellow and is a recipient of the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker’s Award. She is the founding director of the Documentary Program at the Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Christalyn Hampton is an award-winning producer whose recent credits include: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks which was won a Peabody Award, Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities, and HBO MAX’s Through Our Eyes: Homefront episode where she produced the Atlanta segment for the NAACP nominated series. Recently, she has teamed with Geeta Gandbhir on an upcoming four-part docuseries for a major streaming network as well as a documentary that features one of the most decorated entertainers and businessmen of our day.