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Directed By
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Director
Written By
Stewart Levine
originally conceived by
Cast
Afrisa
Themselves - Performers
Muhammad Ali
Self
Fania All-Stars
Themselves - Performers
Buddy Allen
Self - Manager
Ray Barretto
Self - Performer
Big Black
Self - Performer
Keith Bradshaw
Self - Investor Representative
Kent Leon Brinkley
Self - Crusader
Drew Bundini Brown
Self - Ali's Cameraman
James Brown
Self
David Butts
Self - Dancer
Larry Carlton
Self - Crusader
Stokely Carmichael
Self - Black Nationalist
Stix Cooper
Self - Crusader
The Crusaders
Themselves - Performers
Celia Cruz
Self
Manu Dibango
Self
Loko Massengo Djeskain
Self - Performer
Henry Fambrough
Self - Spinner
Wilton Felder
Self - Crusader
Franco
Self - Performer
Leon Gast
Self - Director
Lynn Goldsmith
Self - Photographer
Bill Henderson
Self - Spinner
Wayne Henderson
Self - Crusader
The Mighty J.B.'s
Themselves - Performers
Pervis Jackson
Self - Spinner
Ok Jazz
Themselves - Performers
Patricia Kelly
Stage DJ
B.B. King
Self
Don King
Self
Norman Leigh
Self - Gaffer
Stewart Levine
Self - Festival Promoter
Tabu Ley
Self - Performer
Lola Love
Self
Lukuku
Self - Emcee
Franco Luombo
Self
Mario Matadidi Mabele
Self - Performer
Trio Madjesi
Themselves - Performers
Miriam Makeba
Self
Francois Luambo Makiadi
Self - Singer
Nicky Marrero
Self - Performer
Hugh Masekela
Self
Bill McManus
Self - Lighting and Sound Director
Johnny Pacheco
Self
Alan Pariser
Self - Festival Coordinator
Maceo Parker
Self - Saxophonist
George Plimpton
Self
Lloyd Price
Self - Festival Promoter
Danny 'Big Black' Rey
Self - Performer
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Self - Singer
Saak Sinatra Sakoul
Self - Performer
Joe Sample
Self - Crusader
Sweet Charles Sherrill
Self
Sister Sledge
Themselves
Debbie Sledge
Self
Joni Sledge
Self
Kathy Sledge
Self
Kim Sledge
Self
Bobbie Smith
Self - Spinner
The Spinners
Themselves
Tomo Toro
Self
Pembe Dance Troupe
Themselves - Performers
Fred Wesley
Self - Bandleader and Trombonist
Bill Withers
Self
Philippé Wynne
Self - Spinner
Produced By
Leon Gast
producer
Barbara Jean Kearney
producer
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
producer
Alicia Loving
in-house producer
David Sonenberg
producer
Cinematography
Paul Goldsmith
Kevin Keating
Albert Maysles
Roderick Young
Sound
Emie Alice
loop group artist
Leslie Bloome
foley artist
Bill Daley
location sound coordinator
Gene Defever
location sound recordist
James Mohammed Didin
loop group artist
Tom Efinger
re-recording mixer / sound supervisor
Veronica Fellman
loop group artist
Bernard Fox
location sound coordinator
Eric Gitelson
foley engineer
Petur Hliddal
location sound recordist
Lea Kadima
loop group artist
Christian Kadima Kayembe
loop group artist
Franklin Kunganzi
loop group artist
Ed Lockman
location sound recordist
Destinee B. Mbangu
loop group artist
Harmonie G. Mbangu
loop group artist
Hope T. Mbangu
loop group artist
Joseph L. Mbangu
loop group artist
Tony Miller
location sound recordist
Zack J. Moros Jr.
foley carpenter
John Moros
sound editor
James Nichols
dolby consultant
Mark Paturet
location sound recordist
Jeff Seelye
assistant sound editor
Randal Shepard
location sound recordist
Kevin Vale
recording
Richard Wells
location sound recordist
Lance Woods
loop group artist
Editing
David A. Smith
Visual Effects
Keith Eng
digital effects design
Ricardo Galbis
digital effects
Jeff Levy-Hinte
digital artist
Production Management
St. Clair Bourne
unit manager
Ossie Brown
unit manager
James Debbs
post-production supervisor
John Ginnes
production coordinator
Barrie Singer
production manager
Editorial
Victoria Anderson
colorist assistant
Max Berger
post-production intern
Will Cox
digital intermediate colorist
Scott Layfer
dailies telecine
Ted Mavish
assistant editor
Kari Mulholland
assistant editor
Charlie Rokosny
assistant on-line editor
Daniel Silverman
digital intermediate project manager
Stan Sztaba
negative preparation
Jon Tripp
assistant editor
Rene Zamora
dailies telecine
Other
Buddy Allen
in memory of
Ray Barretto
in memory of
St. Clair Bourne
in memory of
Thomas Brady
special thanks
Ken Braun
special thanks
Drew Bundini Brown
in memory of
James Brown
in memory of
Michelle Byrd
special thanks
Stokely Carmichael
in memory of
Andrea Ceresko
special thanks
Suzanne Ceresko
special thanks
Santito Colon
in memory of
Harold Conrad
in memory of
Celia Cruz
in memory of
Viviana Diaz
special thanks
Heidi Durow
special thanks
Carol Dysinger
special thanks
Ahmet Ertegun
in memory of
Geri Spolan Gast
special thanks
Nelson George
special thanks
Bill Henderson
in memory of
Ted Hope
special thanks
Lisa Jackson
special thanks
Pervis Jackson
in memory of
Gary Kellgren
in memory of
Martin Kohn
in memory of
Rainer Kusama-Hinte
special thanks
Jason Lampkin
special thanks
Hector Lavoe
in memory of
Alan Leeds
special thanks
Parker Lutz
special thanks
Miriam Makeba
in memory of
Francois Luambo Makiadi
in memory of
Jerry Masucci
in memory of
Bill McManus
in memory of
Tony Miller
in memory of
Kristen Molina
special thanks
Justice Connie Motley
in memory of
Jason Nadeau
special thanks
Jimmy Nolen
in memory of
Indra Persaud
special thanks
St. Clair Pickney
in memory of
George Plimpton
in memory of
Thom Powers
special thanks
Dina Raizman
special thanks
Eliot Sachs
in memory of
Mongo Santamaria
in memory of
Barrie Singer
in memory of
Keri Smith
special thanks
Penelope Smith
special thanks
Shelley Sonenberg
special thanks
Tim Thomas
special thanks
Angel Santos Colon Vega
in memory of
Vanessa Wagner
special thanks
Burleigh Wartes
in memory of
Harry Weinger
special thanks
Brian Wierda
in memory of
Philippé Wynne
in memory of
Music Department
Mark Berger
music transfers
Tom Cassel
music mixed by
Gary Kellgren
concert music recording
Alan Manger
concert music recording
Tom Scott
concert music recording
Chris Stone
concert music recording
Noah Warner
composer: additional music
Camera Department
Michael Barrow
gaffer
Michael F. Barrow
gaffer
Kwame Brathwaite
still photographer
Joseph W. Calloway
camera operator
Bob Fletcher
assistant camera
Joseph Galloway
assistant camera
Wardell Gaynor
assistant camera
Lynn Goldsmith
still photographer
Jack Harris
assistant camera
Larry Kirsch
grip
Bob Kragen
grip
Roy Lewis
assistant camera
Roland Mitchell
assistant camera
Karma Stanley
assistant camera
Egon Stephan Jr.
camera technician
Millard Thomas
still photographer
Burleigh Wartes
assistant camera
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