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Filmmaker · Professor · Minister · Speaker

One calling.
Many stages.

Somebody needed this.

Dr. Charles Opong, Jr., Ph.D.

I make films nobody asked for, because somebody needed them. I’m a professor at five colleges across Los Angeles. I preach the Word. I coach, because somebody coached me. Every hat I wear points to the same direction: PEOPLE. My name is Dr. Opong; welcome to a small part of my world; join me in reshaping our world for the next generation. 🤍

Dr. Charles Opong in black, arms crossed, standing in a Los Angeles underpass
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Dr. Opong Keynote & Panel at Loyola Marymount University

On the reel
Preaching the Word
With students
On set · DOUBLE•UP
Commencement
Lecturing
USC Upward Bound
LMU graduates · 2025
Los Angeles
Wellness workshop
National TRIO Day · LMU
SEIU workshop
National TRIO Day · LMU
Coaching the kids
With the youth
Praying over a player
On the court
On campus
Laying on of hands
EST.2010Founded The City of GOD in South Los Angeles
5College campuses where he serves as professor
10+Years of Bible Collaboration, every week
7Films written, directed, produced and featured in: the cultureshockED Mixtape and the Ghana documentary
3TV series: UNTITLED., DOUBLE•UP and Sinatrious & Jorge
There’s a blessing in your problem. The problem is, you have to go through your problem to get to your blessing.
Dr. Opong
The DISCIPLINE of disciplineAn orchestration of life mastery by Dr. Charles Opong
Professor Opong
The Lord is bigger than any negative person, thought, condition, or circumstance you encounter.
Pastor Charles Opong
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Roll A · OVISIONS + 1985 Films

Film

Writer, director, actor, cinematographer, producer and creator. Stories about what people are going through, built from comedy, drama and the structure of the city around us.

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A series created by Charles Opong

City of Angels

Two Los Angeles Police Department detectives, Deon Cash and Maya Washington, are on a strict mission to take down the city’s most protected and beloved, yet infamous, crime lord and leader of THE KEYS, Kween•Pin.

A city once named for angels now runs on smoke and mirrors. Detectives, partners and former lovers, Deon and Maya chase a network that owns access to Los Angeles through data, influence and silence. Enemies and rivals become allies. Villains are simply smoke in mirrors.

The pilot and proof of concept are shot and finished. Right now we're building the crowd and talking distribution. At 100,000 YouTube subscribers, DOUBLE•UP premieres for you first. Then comes the DOUBLE•UP movie, which grows into the full series. Day One: five dollars puts your name in the credits. Give more if you want. Special thanks to every fan and subscriber who rode with us from the jump.

  1. 1Pilot and proof of concept shot and finishedDone
  2. 2Building the crowdHappening now
  3. 3DistributionIn conversation
  4. 4Premiere on YouTubeAt 100,000 subscribers
  5. 5Day One: your name in the creditsFive dollars, right after the premiere
  6. 6The movie becomes the seriesAt 500,000 subscribers
  • Deon Cash
    Deon CashCharles OpongLAPD detective. Baldwin Hills and West Adams raised, army veteran, dead eye shooter. Chasing a truth that runs through his own family.
  • Maya Washington
    Maya WashingtonShenika TravisLAPD detective. Forensic mind, elite marksman, grace under fire. Still in love with Deon, and keeping a secret from him.
  • Kween•Pin
    Kween•PinQueen AjimaThe beautiful yet twisted and elusive leader of THE KEYS. One minute you see her, the next she’s like the wind. She doesn’t break the system. She bends it, and always gets her way.
  • Raymond “Ray Ray” Cash
    Raymond “Ray Ray” CashEzekiel AjeigbeDeon’s cousin. A genius with numbers, rising inside THE KEYS, driven more by pain than purpose.
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Your name in the credits

Every backer of the DOUBLE•UP movie gets a credit. No limit.

Day One Cash Pack · $100 · Only 100

Numbered. Signed. On screen.

A signed DVD of the DOUBLE•UP mixtape, numbered 1 to 100, with a download code inside. A seat at the premiere. A special credit. And a spot in one crowd scene, shot in Los Angeles on a set day. Never reprinted.

Cast and crew
  • Detective Deon CashCharles Opong
  • Detective Maya WashingtonShenika Travis
  • Raymond CashEzekiel Ajeigbe
  • Kween•PinQueen Ajima
  • Purse WomanTiffany Campbell
  • Homeless ManJohn Bembry
  • Lady PedestrianJulieta Cortez
  • Jogging ManDominic Oliver
  • Graffiti GuyMichael Verdin
  • Production Sound MixerDavid Hernandez
  • Location B Roll DriverAndrew Moreno
  • Drone Camera Unit, Drone PilotCharles Opong
  • Logo & Artistic DirectorJames Merrick
  • Costume, Props & Wardrobe DesignerCharles Opong
  • Detective Vehicle, Charcoal Gray Dodge ChallengerAndrew Moreno
  • Production CoordinatorTiffany Campbell
  • Soundtrack & ScoreCharles Opong

Thank you to the young, talented bicycle kids of Downtown LA.

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Lecture hall · Workshop · Thesis room

Professor

Communication, film, fine arts and human development. From first year students to doctoral candidates.

Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.The first lesson in every class
Dr. Opong with his LMU graduates on the LMU campus, 2025
Dr. Opong with his LMU graduates, LMU campus, 2025Courtesy of OVISIONS®

Dr. Opong walks into every classroom whole. Father, husband, coach and human being, he arrives first and always as an educator, holding a conviction few say aloud: education is a spiritual practice, a form of resistance, and a defense. His students feel it. He pours into them an overflow of care, understanding and a rigorous protocol of preparation, so they learn to stay ready and never have to get ready. In his room, every student stands ready to lead the class.

His doctorate speaks far beyond the research lab and the conference halls where he addresses thousands. His scholarship is lived experience, carried from grade school classrooms to colleges and universities to the C suite. He came up through Upward Bound at Susan Miller Dorsey High School, went on to CSUN as the first in his family to attend college, and earned his Ph.D. Equipped to educate, he remains a lifelong learner, still taking notes.

  • Loyola Marymount UniversityCommunications / Media Studies Professor
  • Pacific Oaks CollegeDoctoral & Masters Chairperson
  • Cal State LADepartment of Pan African Studies
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsAfricana Studies, and Communication & Film
  • Los Angeles Southwest CollegeTrainer and Presenter
College Lecture & Keynote
LMU BOC Panel
Caregivers Keynote · Santa Clara
Dr. Opong with USC Upward Bound studentsUSC Upward Bound
Dr. Opong with LMU Upward Bound studentsLMU Upward Bound
Dr. Opong with the Los Angeles Southwest College Boys II Men Upward Bound TRIO ProgramLASC Boys II Men Upward Bound · TRIO
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Keynote · Workshop · Coaching · Consulting

Speak & Coach

For college bound students and the educators and parents who carry them, from the summer before ninth grade through graduation and into a career.

Keynote

Dr. Opong’s USC Upward Bound Keynote

  • College TrackCommencement keynote for the first graduating class, at USC
  • College Track staffProfessional development workshop, designed and led
  • Child Care Providers United, SEIUConsulting & Professional Development
  • USC Upward BoundKeynotes
  • LMU Upward BoundKeynotes
  • Susan Miller Dorsey High SchoolFrequent speaker
College Track graduates with Dr. OpongCollege Track graduates
Dr. Opong in regalia at commencementCommencement keynote
Dr. Opong with honorees at LMU National TRIO DayNational TRIO Day · LMU
Speaking, training and consulting for
  • J.P. Morgan
  • citigroup
  • City NationalBank
  • vitaminwater
  • KJLHRadio
  • NCAA
  • SEIU
  • A²MEND
  • Pepperdine
  • LMULoyola Marymount
  • Cal State LA
  • CSUDHDominguez Hills
  • College Track
  • Upward BoundUSC · LMU
Track one

Life Skills & Emotional Intelligence

The Discipline of Discipline. Choices, character and the habits that carry a person past graduation.

Track two

Cinematic & Performing Arts

Story, camera and performance. How to see your own life as material worth studying.

Track three

Sports & Physical Empowerment

Lessons from the court. You show up when it's cold and you call your own fouls.

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The City of GOD · Est. 2010

Minister

Founder of The City of GOD in 2010. Every week Dr. Opong opens the Word with whoever walks in, prays for the city, and stands on its corners with one message:JESUS SAVES!

Honor The Gift, by Rev. Dr. Charles Opong at FMM Church, November 7, 2025, in honor of Apostle Deborah Gray
  • Bible CollaborationThe Word, weekly
  • Prayer CollaborationPrayer, weekly
  • Jesus WalksFaith and fitness
  • P.U.S.H. CrusadePray Until Something Happens
  • Man CollabMen's Fellowship Ministry
  • City SportsYouth basketball since 2011
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The show · Coming soon

UNTITLED®.

A TV show created and executive produced by Charles Opong. Art, life, history, literature and cinema, as it happens.

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You are now watching a doctor at work.

UNTITLED. // “finish what you started” 🎬

Showcasing art, life, history, literature and cinema through philosophy. Welcome to UNTITLED. A TV show created and executive produced by Charles Opong, as host and subject, showcasing film, faith and teaching, as it happens.

First episode · Coming soon
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Street · Elegance · Faith

Fashion

Chuck Jones® Clothing & Apparel. Street and elegance, worn with purpose.

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Inspired by the father son relationship of Charles and his father, and the vintage 80s and 90s flow of urban street wear and churchy elegance called “church clothes” from back in the day. All in the name of Jesus… forever.

It carries the swagger FUBU put on the map, the tailoring Karl Kani made legendary, and the quiet confidence of every icon who dressed like the future before anyone gave permission.

The difference is who it points to. Every stitch glorifies Jesus. Every piece is cut to bring out the good character already living in you, so what you wear on the outside matches what the Lord built on the inside.

The eagle is scripture:

“But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”Isaiah 40:31 · NKJV

The eagle is about waiting on the Lord. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit, the longsuffering of Galatians 5:22, and perseverance builds character (Romans 5:4). Character is what the clothes represent. So every time you put on the eagle, you keep rising, from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18) and from faith to faith (Romans 1:17). Those are the Levels.®

True Confidence.® rests on 1 John 5:14, 15:

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”1 John 5:14, 15 · NKJV

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Every day

Connect

A new piece every day. Pick where you want it.

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On the road · In the city

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Keynotes, screenings, workshops and weekly prayer and Bible study along the Crenshaw Corridor.

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