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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
Cast
- Cholly Atkins
- Self
- Florence Ballard
- Self
- Angela Bassett
- Self
- James Brown
- Self
- Shirley Chisholm
- Self
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Self
- Nat 'King' Cole
- Self
- Charles 'Honi' Coles
- Self
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Self
- The Edwards Sisters
- Themselves
- Duke Ellington
- Self
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Self
- Kamilah Forbes
- Self
- Jamie Foxx
- Self
- Redd Foxx
- Self
- Aretha Franklin
- Self
- Doug E. Fresh
- Self
- Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Themselves
- Savion Glover
- Self
- Bianca Graham
- Self
- Joseph Gray
- Self
- Benton Greene
- Self
- Dick Gregory
- Self
- Lauryn Hill
- Self
- Billie Holiday
- Self
- Michael Jackson
- Self
- Kid Of Pop Ziynne
- Self
- Eartha Kitt
- Self
- Gladys Knight
- Self
- Patti LaBelle
- Self
- Moms Mabley
- Self
- Malcolm X
- Self
- Billy Mitchell
- Self
- Jason Moran
- Self
- Morocco Omari
- Self
- Jonelle Procope
- Self
- Charles Rangel
- Self
- Greg Alverez Reid
- Self
- Smokey Robinson
- Self
- Diana Ross
- Self
- Bobby Schiffman
- Self
- Percy Sutton
- Self
- B. Thompson
- Contestant
- Leslie Uggams
- Self
- Pharrell Williams
- Self
- Mary Wilson
- Self
Produced By
- Marc Ambrose
- co-executive producer
- David Blackman
- executive producer
- Christopher Clements
- co-executive producer
- Dan Cogan
- executive producer
- Steven H. Cohen
- co-executive producer
- Adrienne Collatos
- archival producer
- Lisa Cortes
- producer
- Amy Dax
- archival producer
- Nicholas Ferrall
- executive producer
- Jeanne Elfant Festa
- producer
- Paula M. Froehle
- co-executive producer
- Julie Goldman
- executive producer
- Poppy Hanks
- executive producer
- Cassidy Hartmann
- producer
- Carolyn Hepburn
- co-executive producer
- Jayson Jackson
- executive producer
- Charles D. King
- executive producer
- Dave Knott
- executive producer
- Ben J. Murphy
- line producer
- Ayesha Nadarajah
- associate producer
- Ken Pelletier
- executive producer
- Kim Roth
- executive producer
- Karen Sim
- field producer
- Nigel Sinclair
- executive producer
- Roger Ross Williams
- producer
- Windsor Wong
- associate producer
Music
Cinematography
- Michael Dwyer
- director of photography
Sound
- Danielle Adams
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Christopher Barnett
- supervising sound editor
- Scott Brewer
- engineering services
- Benjamin A. Burtt
- sound effects editor
- Nikola Chapelle
- sound recordist
- Danielle Dupre
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Pete Horner
- re-recording mixer
- Josh Lowden
- general manager
- Steve Morris
- head of engineering
- Al Nelson
- supervising sound editor
- Jon Null
- head of production
- Carrie Perry
- scheduling
- Michael Peters
- post-production finance manager
- Ivan Piesh
- digital editorial support
- Daniela Pontoriero
- Post-Production Sound Accountant
- Eva Porter
- client services
- John W. Rampey
- sound mixer
Editing
- John Steven Fisher
- Editor
Makeup
- Deshawn Hatcher
- makeup artist
Visual Effects
- Ben Kiviat
- visual effects
Production Management
- Jamie McBriety
- post-production supervisor
Animation
- Jason Conradt
- title design & animation
- Cassidy Gearhart
- animation
Editorial
- Steven Bozga
- archival transfers by
- Will Cox
- colorist
- Zachary Grinfeld
- post-production assistant
- Mark Ingber
- Editorial Assistant
- Laura Karpas
- assistant editor
- Ben Kiviat
- on-line editor
- Robert A. Martinez
- Trailer & Research Editor
- Kate McLane
- first assistant editor
- Caitlin Tartaro
- digital intermediate producer
Other
- Jenna Bond
- very special thanks
- Jules Rico
- post production intern
Music Department
- Dondi Bastone
- music supervisor
- Marcus Machado
- musician
- G. Marq Roswell
- music supervisor
Camera Department
- Tinx Chan
- cinematographer
- Reggie Chelsom
- additional camera
- Rachel Dusa
- first assistant camera / first assistant camera: "a" camera
- Omar Guinier
- first assistant camera "a" camera
- Micah Madden
- drone pilot
- Ian Moubayed
- cinematographer
- Alon Sicherman
- drone camera operator
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