Waltzing with Billy Zane
BILLY ZANE is an actor, filmmaker, and visual artist. His breakthrough role was in the Australian film “Dead Calm” (1989). He has since appeared in numerous films and television series and starred as the main antagonist Caledon Hockley in the epic film “Titanic” (1997), the Phantom in “The Phantom,” (1996) and Marlon Brando in “Waltzing with Brando” (2024).
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The Kaimiloa Project
CESAR A. BECERRA is a South Florida historian who’s taken part in chronicling and sharing the stories of the region for two decades. He is now engaged in writing the epic tale of the 230-foot SS Kaimiloa that plied the South Seas one hundred years ago. BEATRICE A. BRICKELL is engaged with tales of Miami and old Florida learned from her Kellum and Brickell family
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Patrick Kennedy + Stephen Fried: Profiles in Mental Health Courage
PATRICK JOSEPH KENNEDY II (b.1967) is a retired politician and mental health advocate. STEPHEN FRIED is an investigative journalist, non-fiction author, and lecturer who teaches at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Richard Ross — Art with a Purpose
RICHARD ROSS is an artist/activist/photographer and distinguished research professor of art based in Santa Barbara, California. As the creator of “Juvenile-in-Justice,” his work turns a lens on the placement and treatment of American juveniles housed by law in facilities that treat, confine, punish, assist and, occasionally, harm them.
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Juliet Romeo: Filmmaker, Journalist, Activist
JULIET ROMEO is an award-winning writer and director known for her dedication to bold, authentic storytelling. A Brooklyn-born Trinidadian filmmaker based in South Florida, she brings her lived experiences as a disabled Caribbean woman into her work, creating narratives that explore identity, resilience, and social justice.
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