"RISE UP AND FIGHT"

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This one-hour documentary chronicles the long and complicated journey towards Washington, District of Columbia becoming our 51st state, Douglass Commonwealth. To date, "Becoming Douglass Commonwealth' has aired in five CBS markets and on DCTV.

WINNER OF TEN MEDIA PRIZES...

• 2023 Communicator Award of Excellence for Best Documentary
• 2023 Anthem Awards Silver Prize for Best Human & Civil Rights Film
• 2022 Davey Awards Gold Prize for Best Online Documentary
• 2022 Telly Awards Gold Prize for Best TV Documentary
• 2022 Telly Awards Silver Prize for Best News Feature for Television
• 2022 Telly Awards Silver Prize for Best Direction for Television
• 2022 Telly Awards Silver Prize for Best Editing for Television
• 2022 Telly Awards Silver Prize for Best Writing for Television
• 2022 Telly Awards Silver Prize for Best Political/Commentary for Television
• 2022 Telly Awards Silver Prize for Best Government Relations for Television

Produced, directed and co-written by Nolan Williams, Jr.

Associate produced by Michael DuBose

Co-written by Chris Myers Asch & George Derek Musgrove

Hosted by Andrea Roane & Bruce Johnson

Narrated by Ralph Wesley

Featuring: 

· José Andrés, Chef/Restauranteur 

· Chris Myers Asch, Visiting Instructor, History, Colby College; Co-Author of Chocolate City

· Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher, The Washington Informer

· The Honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, D.C. (2015 to present) 

· Rep. James Clyburn, D-SC 6th District 

· Robert J. Contee, III, Acting Chief, Metropolitan Police Department 

· Linda Cropp, Former Chairwoman, Council of the District of Columbia

· John J. DeGioia, President, Georgetown University 

· C.R. Gibbs, Historian

· The Honorable Vincent Gray, Mayor of Washington, D.C. (2011-2015)

· The Honorable Eric Holder, Jr., Former Attorney General of the United States

· Jamal Holtz, Co-founder, Statehood 51 for 51

· Harry Holzer, John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University and Nonresident Senior Fellow-Economic Studies, Brookings Institution

· Rep. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader, D-MD 5th District 

· Ted Leonsis, founder, Chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment

· Jane Levey, Historian, DC History Center

· Ezra Levin, Co-founder, Indivisible

· William P. Lightfoot, Former Member, Council of the District of Columbia

· Abbe Lowell, D.C. statehood advocate

· Gregory McCarthy, Trustee, Federal City Council; SVP, Washington Nationals Baseball Club 

· Phil Mendelson, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia

· George Derek Musgrove, Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Co-Author of Chocolate City

· Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC

· Philip Pannell, DC statehood advocate

· Robert Patterson, Professor of African American Studies, Georgetown University 

· Beverly Perry, Senior Advisor to the Mayor

· The Honorable Sharon Pratt, Mayor of Washington, DC. (1991-1995)

· Rep. Jaime Raskin, D-MD 8th District 

· Paul Strauss, U.S. Shadow Senator, D.C. (1997 to present)

· George Vradenburg, Vice President, AOL and AOL Time Warner (retired)

· The Honorable Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C. (1999-2007)

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