Emily Kunstler (Producer/Director/Editor) and Sarah Kunstler (Producer/Director) are the founders of Off Center Media, a documentary production company dedicated to racial justice and social change. Their film, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (Sundance '09, POV/PBS), was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Academy Award. The film is an examination of their father’s life and choices, tracing his career as a civil rights lawyer and fighter for racial justice, as well his representation of society’s most despised. Other Off Center Media films have contributed to campaigns to stay executions, convince decision makers to reopen cases, and exonerate the wrongfully convicted. For more on their work, please visit www.off-center.com.

Jesse Wakeman (Director of Photography, Consulting Producer) is a New York based filmmaker whose work has played at SXSW, New Directors/New Films, Rooftop Film Festival, and Locarno International Film Festival. He is the co-creator, writer and star of the 2016 feature, Donald Cried, currently on Amazon Prime. Jesse is currently in production as a cinematographer on the feature documentary, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. He recently shot and edited the upcoming narrative feature Mott Haven, and co-wrote the award winning feature Bruce!!! His commercial clients include Adidas, Nike, Dasani, PACE Gallery, Halstead Realty, Powerhouse Arts, Levitate, Off-Center Media and Invisionapp. He has shown films at The Fridman Gallery, MOCADA, The Invisible Dog, Anthology Film Archives, The Neiman Gallery, and The Fischer Landau Center for Art. Jesse holds a BA in film from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and an MFA from Columbia University, 2014.

Titus Jackson (Second Camera, Drone Operator, Consulting Producer) is a freelance videographer with multiple films under his belt. His most recent documentary “Brokelahoma” is making the film festival rounds and can also be seen on Amazon Prime Video. He was the recipient of the “Best Oklahoma Feature” award at the Bare Bones International film festival in 2008 for his debut feature “Jesus Fish.” Since then he’s been making short films while supporting his wife Reanna and 3 Children with his videography business. His proudest accomplishments include self financing and distributing his previously mentioned documentary, teaching himself the art of filmmaking (which he calls do it your damn self university), and producing and directing live sporting events at the BOK Center, most notably the Tulsa Oilers Hockey Games. He currently resides in Broken Arrow, Ok.

Kathryn Bostic (Composer) is an Emmy nominated and award winning composer, artist, and producer known for her work on award-winning films, TV, Broadway, and critically acclaimed symphonic concert performances. In 2016, she became the first African American female score composer in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Gbenga Akinnagbe (Producer, Director of the Town Hall stage performance) can next be seen in the FX series The Old Man, playing the series regular role of ‘Julian’ opposite Jeff Bridges. He recently finished his year-long Broadway debut in Aaron Sorkin’s hit adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird opposite Jeff Daniels. He received rave reviews for his performance as 'Tom Robinson' and was honored with a Theatre World Award. He also recently starred as ‘Larry Brown’ on the David Simon/HBO series The Deuce opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco. Gbenga’s career defining turn as ‘Chris Partlow’ in The Wire led to memorable roles on hit shows including 24: Live Another Day, Barbershop, The Following, Nurse Jackie, and The Good Wife. His extensive film credits include The Sun is Also a Star, Starbright, All the Devil’s Men, and DC Noir (which he also co-directed), Detroit, Egg, Crown Heights, Detour, Independence Day 2, Fort Bliss, Mall, Big Words, Overnight, Lottery Ticket, Edge of Darkness, The Taking of Pelham 123, and The Savages. Additional theater credits include Fulfillment and Lower Ninth at The Flea, The Thin Place at The Intiman, and A View from 151st Street at The Public. Gbenga was born in Washington, D.C. to Nigerian parents and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is the founder and managing director of Liberated People, a social justice lifestyle brand.

Andrea Crabtree (Producer) is the Chief of Staff at The Who We Are Project. She has been a criminal defense paralegal for over 30 years with 20 of those years working with Jeffery Robinson—from his private practice to his role at the ACLU and his quest to educate others about our true history of anti-Black racism in the United States. Over the years, she dedicated her time assisting people within the criminal justice system, crisis intervention, and abolishing the death penalty. Now, Andrea both supports and partners with Jeffery to educate others about our true history.

Vanessa Hope (Producer) began her film career in China, where she has produced multiple award-winning films in China including Wang Quanan’s “The Story of Ermei” (Berlin Film Festival, 2004) and Chantal Akerman’s “Tombee De Nuit Sur Shanghai” (Berlin Film Festival, 2007). Her feature documentary directorial debut, “All Eyes and Ears,” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015, and was released in December 2016. Her U.S. producing credits include Zeina Durra’s “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!” (Sundance Film Festival, 2010); Joel Schumacher’s “Twelve” (Sundance, 2010); and the Academy award shortlisted feature documentary, “William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe” by Sarah and Emily Kunstler (Sundance, 2009).

Susan Korda began her career as an editor on Al Reinert’s Oscar™ nominated and Sundance-crowned documentary “For All Mankind.” She edited and was credited as Creative Collaborator on Sandi Du Bowski’s “Trembling Before G-d,” and was a producer on Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s documentary “William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe.” As a story consultant, Korda worked most notably with Alan Berliner on his films “The Sweetest Sound” and “First Cousin Once Removed.” Korda’s own work includes the award-winning documentaries “Vienna is Different”and “One of Us” and the short narrative “Salomea’s Nose.” Korda taught at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts from 1996-2006, and was a Visiting Artist at Cooper Union in 2004. Korda has been teaching at Columbia University’s School of the Arts since 2010.

For over a decade, Jayashri Wyatt (Producer) has produced major events and short films dedicated to promoting social and economic justice and human rights. Highlights include, producing the award winning play The Exonerated, that tells the true stories of six death row prisoners who were innocent and exonerated. As lead producer of the Blueprint for Accountability series she also tackled the death penalty, immigration, torture, racism, human trafficking, stop and frisk, child rape, mass incarceration and economic injustice.

She has also produced over 50 high-level productions at the United Nations General Assembly for the UN and UNICEF on global issues spanning climate action, the end of the transatlantic slave trade, ending violence against women and girls, refugees, internally displaced, humanitarian crisis, and advocating for the rights of the World’s most vulnerable and hardest to reach children.

Katharine Nephew LCSW (Producer) is a producer and clinician who has worked in crisis settings for over two decades in NYC. Her clinical and management experience includes foster care, criminal justice, prisons, and trauma units of hospitals. In her work with “ Justory, LLC” which she founded in 2019, she presents holistic backgrounds to the federal courts while serving as a mitigation specialist for the defense . She consults with non profits to produce and develop creative projects that aim to create awareness and action towards societal change. Her partners include but are not limited to The unPrison Project, Liberated People, The Innocence Project and Ladies of Hope Ministries. Katharine is honored to work with Jeffery Robinson and Off-Center Media on "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" and as a Project Coordinator for The Who We Are Project.

A graduate of American Film Institute (AFI) with a Masters in Producing, Erikka Yancy (Archival Producer) has nearly 15 years of experience under her belt as a producer and archival producer. Producing credits include The Drew: No Excuse Just Produce for Showtime and Burn, Motherf*cker Burn! Also for Showtime. Yancy also has experience producing for television. Credits include the Netflix series QB1 Beyond the Lights and an upcoming series on the events of September 11th. Archival credits include work on various documentary films; We Are the Giant, The Final Year and The Longest War, and docu-series including CNN’s acclaimed Decades Series (The 80s, 1968, The 2000s and The Movies)

Reginald William Butler (Graphics Producer & Designer) is an NYC artist who has contributed both Design and GFX to major commercial campaigns like AmEx, Cadillac, NBA - I’m Why, and Google. Reginald attributes much of his ingenuity to being educated at the prestigious Cooper Union. He has become a go-to Art Director / Consulting Producer for Broadcast Content. Much of his work lies in the realm of social justice awareness and reform - BET’s Justice Now, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business on PBS, and Instagram’s 2020 ‘Take Action’ Campaign. It was in perfect alignment for him to work collaboratively to bring moments in Who We Are to life. He’s grateful for the experience.