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Myles Michelin is a 22 year old filmmaker from Baltimore Maryland. Seeing all the negative reactions and comments about Baltimore, he decided to go out with his camera and try to change the way people think about Baltimore. Myles has gotten recognition for his short film “My Block Doc” which has over 7300 views on YouTube, and plans to make the film a mini series. Myles started posting his work to Youtube and Instagram in April of 2020 and has had a lot of success since then. Myles also plans to continue filmmaking and use his camera to change the narrative for Baltimore.

D. Watkins is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Beast Side, The Cook Up, Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised, and We Speak for Ourselves—which was Enoch Pratt Free Library’s 2020 One Book Baltimore selection. His newest book, Black Boy Smile, was released in May.