2022 TELLY AWARDS GOLD PRIZE WINNER FOR BEST TV DOCUMentary

A documentary by NEWorks Productions presented by the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C.

Produced and directed by Nolan Williams, Jr.

Hosted by Andrea Roane and Bruce Johnson

Narrated by Ralph UriYah Wesley

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

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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