Original Recording Date: 2026MAR23.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guests:
Qiuana Williams - Director for the documentary and her son, Shawn Reynolds, was a victim of gun violence.
Cornelius Wills - Cornelius, an inactive member of the Bounty Hunter Bloods, who shares his journey from gang violence to becoming a community advocate.
Tim Pearce - Tim is a former LAPD gang officer who dedicated his career to patrolling high-risk areas such as Watts.
Topics:
- The Story Behind the Story — How individual lives ripple outward, leaving marks on families, neighborhoods, and entire communities.
- Impact Beyond Borders — When the story can’t be contained, echoing across cities, countries, and shared human experience.
- Colliding Narratives — Black and white. Law and lawless. Cop and criminal.
- Truth vs. Portrayal — The uncomfortable reality: what we’ve been shown isn’t the full picture. The real story lives in the spaces that movies and media rarely capture.
References & Resources:
- The WATTS documentary website: https://nothingtoseeheremovie.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothingtoseehere_watts
- Tim's links:
- Accuracy Under Fire (A.U.Fire) website: https://www.aufire.com/
- Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timpearceaufire/
- Qiuana's links:
- Sanctum (non-profit) on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanctum_impact/
- Qiuana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiuana-williams-3056711a/
- Cornelius on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wah_one_ooo/