Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist. He spent more than 28 years on death row for allegedly killing a white police officer in Philadelphia. His death sentence was vacated when the Supreme Court allowed to stand the decisions of four federal judges who had earlier declared his death sentence unconstitutional. He is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Despite his three-decade imprisonment, most of which was spent in solitary confinement on Death Row, Abu-Jamal has relentlessly fought for his freedom and for his profession. He is the author of nine books, including Death Blossoms and Live from Death Row , and thousands of radio commentaries. Stephen Vittoria is a film director and producer. His documentary films include Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal and One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern .

He lives in Los Angeles, California. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He is the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times and former war correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor , Dallas Morning News , and National Public Radio . He is the author of 11 books including American Fascists , Empire of Illusion , and War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning . He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.