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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Cast
- Michael Jackson
- Self
- Jackson 5
- Themselves
- Berry Gordy
- Self
- Suzanne De Passe
- Self
- Katherine Jackson
- Self
- Valerie Simpson
- Self
- Steven Manning
- Self
- Joe Jackson
- Self
- Marlon Jackson
- Self
- Jackie Jackson
- Self
- Joe Vogel
- Self
- Scott Osborn
- Self - TV show host
- Lee Daniels
- Self
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Self
- Leon Huff
- Self
- Kenny Gamble
- Self
- John Leguizamo
- Self
- Questlove
- Self
- Walter Yetnikoff
- Self
- Ron Alexenburg
- Self
- Steve Popovich
- Self
- Kobe Bryant
- Self
- John Branca
- Self
- Bobby Colomby
- Self
- Jason King
- Self
- Greg Phillinganes
- Self
- Jonathan Moffett
- Self
- Dick Clark
- Self
- Verdine White
- Self
- Fred Astaire
- Self
- Gene Kelly
- Self
- Rosie Perez
- Self
- Misty Copeland
- Self
- Fatima Robinson
- Self
- Karen Langford
- Self
- Spike Lee
- Self
- Barry Michael Cooper
- Self
- Rob Cohen
- Self
- Joel Schumacher
- Self
- Sidney Lumet
- Self
- Harry Weinger
- Self
- Quincy Jones
- Self
- Jane Pauley
- Self
- Liza Minnelli
- Self
- Maurice Warfield
- Self
- Steven Ivory
- Self
- Bruce Swedien
- Self
- Rodney Jerkins
- Self
- DJ Spinna
- Self
- Mark Ronson
- Self
- Mali Music
- Self
- The Weeknd
- Self
- David Byrne
- Self
- John Legend
- Self
- Siedah Garrett
- Self
- Lemon Andersen
- Self
- Bob Birch
- Self
- Louis Johnson
- Self
- Esperanza Spalding
- Self
- Tom Bähler
- Self
- L.A. Reid
- Self
- Eddie Murphy
- Self
- Stevie Wonder
- Self
- Susaye Greene
- Self
- Pharrell Williams
- Self
- David Foster
- Self
- Carole Bayer Sager
- Self
- Larkin Arnold
- Self
- Dan Beck
- Self
- Patti Austin
- Self
- David Berkowitz
- Self
- Nadia Boulanger
- Self
- Sylvia Chase
- Self
- Frankie Crocker
- Self
- Steve Dahl
- Self
- Paris Eley
- Self
- Dream Hampton
- Self
- La Toya Jackson
- Self
- Randy Jackson
- Self
- Tito Jackson
- Self
- Paul McCartney
- Self
- Don Myrick
- Self
- Diana Ross
- Self / Dorothy
- Brooke Shields
- Self
- Justin Timberlake
- Self
- David Williams
- Self
- Jackie Wilson
- Self
- Nick Ashford
- Self
- Burt Bacharach
- Self
- Chuck Berry
- Self
- James Brown
- Self
- Irene Cara
- Self
- Cher
- Self
- Miles Davis
- Self
- Barry Diller
- Self
- Jane Fonda
- Self
- Redd Foxx
- Self
- Marvin Gaye
- Self
- Margaux Hemingway
- Self
- Lena Horne
- Self
Produced By
- John Branca
- executive producer
- Barrington Giles Kirven
- associate producer
- Heather Parish
- line producer
Cinematography
Sound
- Philip Stockton
- supervising sound editor
Editing
Editorial
- Dylan Ball
- digital intermediate assist
- Barry Alexander Brown
- additional editor
- Matt Caruso
- digital intermediate producer
- Mark Anthony Dellas
- digital intermediate engineer
- Christian G. Farfan
- conform editor
- Roman Hankewycz
- colorist
- David Carlos Valdez
- assistant editor
- Kevin Vale
- senior digital intermediate producer
Other
- Jessica Berman Bogdan
- archival clearances
- Cathy Carapella
- archival clearances
- Yves Hofer
- production coordinator
- Jon Marin
- staff: 40 Acres
- Tim Merrill
- archival researcher
- Bob Pfeifer
- archival researcher
- Eden Marie Picazo
- archivist
- Chris Robertson
- archival clearances
Music Department
- Craig Huxley
- Producer Synclavier Sound Package, Blaster Beam
Camera Department
- Lanchel Brutus
- camera operator
- Ernest Dickerson Jr.
- camera operator
- Wayne A. Goring
- camera operator
- Cinqué Lee
- camera operator
- Alex Lim
- additional assistant camera
- Spirit Tawfiq
- assistant camera
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