“In a world that often seems too divided, the Watts community chose another path and achieved what no one thought possible.”
Minister, attorney, and global thought leader on nonviolence; daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. As CEO of the King Center, she carries forward her parents' philosophy of Kingian nonviolence — and wrote the film's foreword.
@berniceaking
Created the concept after a late-night police ride-along in Watts revealed the gap between the neighborhood's reality and its media portrayal. Has led the project for the past three years.
@nothingtoseehere_watts
Oscar and Emmy-winning producer telling premium stories of self, purpose, and place. Eight of his films have opened #1 at the box office; his work has earned eleven Academy Award nominations and three wins.
@hiddenpicturesmedia
Emmy and Peabody-winning journalist with more than 30 years of reporting. Covered the White House for ten years, interviewed five U.S. Presidents, and embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
@suzannemalveauxtv
Watts-born composer, activist, and entrepreneur; founder of the Think Watts Foundation and producer of the film's original score and accompanying soundtrack.
@wattsstix
A former FBI special agent who spent a decade investigating financial crime and public corruption, now a managing director at Kroll in Los Angeles and an Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellow. She co-founded The Healthy Room Project, whose one-day missions rebuild bedrooms for at-risk children — bed, desk, paint, everything — side by side with local police officers: 600 children across 29 cities since 2015.
@healthyroomproject