+ TED ELLIS

 Acting Chair
The 400 Years African American History Commission

+ NICK REID

Executive Producer
MPI Original Films

+ ADDIE RICHBURG

Executive Director
The 400 Years African American History Commission

+ SANIYA GAY

National Student Ambassador
The 400 Years African American History Commission

+ KARA GOTSCH

Executive Director
The Sentencing Project

+ CARLYLE I. HOLDER

Warden
Federal Bureau of Prisons (Retired)

+ KELLEY KALI

Director

+ KEMBA SMITH PRADIA

Executive Producer

+ DR. KIDESTE YUSEF

Panel Moderator
Department Chair, Bethune Cookman University

Based on the true story of Kemba Smith, Kemba follows the journey of a sheltered college student who falls in love with a man, only to find out he isn’t who he seems. When Kemba learns of her boyfriend Khalif's true identity as a drug kingpin, he turns abusive—grooming strait-laced Kemba to overlook his illicit dealings. Though she never dealt or handled drugs, in a tragic turn of events, Kemba receives an outrageous sentence for her boyfriend's crimes—placing her in the middle of the government's "war on drugs." Never losing hope, her parents along with an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund launch a campaign for appeal and later clemency, harnessing the power of Black civic organizations, sororities, celebrities, and lawmakers to help free Kemba.

+ RON CARSON

 Vice Chair
The 400 Years African American History Commission

+ SHERMAN LEA JR

National President
 National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ)

+ JANAI NELSON

President and Director-Counsel
Legal Defense Fund (LDF)