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Cast & Crew
Directed By
- Sam Pollard
- co-director
Written By
- Melissa Haizlip
- writer
Cast
- Blair Underwood
- Narration
- Sidney Poitier
- Self
- Michael Jackson
- Self
- Diahann Carroll
- Self
- Anna Maria Horsford
- Self
- Obba Babatundé
- Self
- Roxie Roker
- Self
- Arsenio Hall
- Self
- Questlove
- Self
- Harry Belafonte
- Self
- Muhammad Ali
- Self
- Patti LaBelle
- Self
- Stevie Wonder
- Self
- Gladys Knight
- Self
- Al Green
- Self
- Bill Withers
- Self
- Novella Nelson
- Self
- Melba Moore
- Self
- Maya Angelou
- Self
- B.B. King
- Self
- Earth Wind & Fire
- Themselves
- Stan Lathan
- Self
- Carmen De Lavallade
- Self
- James Baldwin
- Self
- Malcolm X
- Self
- Martin Luther King
- Self
- Loretta Long
- Self
- Kathleen Cleaver
- Self
- Angela Davis
- Self
- Alvin Ailey
- Self
- Donny Hathaway
- Self
- Judith Jamison
- Self
- Hugh Masekela
- Self
- Nona Hendryx
- Self
- Stokely Carmichael
- Self
- Amiri Baraka
- Self
- Robert J. Thompson
- Self - Professor and TV Historian Syracuse University
- Ashford & Simpson
- Themselves
- Nikki Giovanni
- Self
- Ellis Haizlip
- Self
- Felipe Luciano
- Self
- Louis J. Massiah
- Self
- Sonia Sanchez
- Self
- Sarah Dash
- Self
- Billy Taylor
- Self
- Greg Tate
- Self
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Self
- Thomas Allen Harris
- Self
- George Faison
- Self
- The Last Poets
- Themselves
- Alvin F. Poussaint
- Self
- Leroy Burgess
- Self
- Russell Patterson
- Self
- Christopher Lukas
- Self
- Sylvia Waters
- Self
- Sarah Lewis
- Self
- Chester Higgins Jr.
- Self
- Sade Lythcott
- Self
- Stuart Bascombe
- Self
- Kevin Powell
- Self
Produced By
- Douglas Blush
- co-producer
- Chaz Ebert
- executive producer
- Ron Gillyard
- executive producer
- Melissa Haizlip
- line producer / producer
- Vince Johnson
- associate producer
- Leonard Joseph
- associate producer
- Stan Lathan
- executive producer
- David Magdael
- associate producer
- Julia Mintz
- post producer
- Rishi Rajani
- executive producer
- Stephanie Rance
- executive producer
- Blair Underwood
- executive producer
Music
Cinematography
Sound
- Michelle Guasto
- sound recordist
- Christopher Koch
- additional re-recording mixer
- Benny Mouthon
- re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
- Andrey Netboy
- sound editor
- John Zecca
- sound mixer
Visual Effects
- Anthony Rhoads
- additional graphics
Production Management
- Julia Mintz
- post-production supervisor
- Zakia Smith
- post-production supervisor
Animation
- Syd Garon
- animator / title design and animation
- Anton Goddard
- animator
- Christopher Kirk
- animator / title design and animation
Editorial
- Allie Ames
- colorist
- Steve Audette
- additional editor
- Douglas Blush
- supervising editor
- Isabel Cafaro-Anderson
- digital intermediate producer
- Janah Elise Cox
- assistant editor
- Arielle Davis
- assistant editor
- Pete Olshansky
- account executive
- Eric Ramistella
- colorist
- David Scherker
- post-production assistant
- Samuel Shapiro
- additional editor
- Zakia Smith
- post supervisor
- Rae King
- second assistant editor
Other
- Ken Burns
- special thanks
- María Agui Carter
- special thanks
- Simon Kilmurry
- special thanks
- Opiyo Okeyo
- special thanks
- Sunny Vachher
- special thanks
- Adrienne Rose White
- special thanks
- Deborah Willis
- special thanks
Music Department
- Cathy Carapella
- music clearances
- Ed Gerrard
- music supervisor
- Evan Joseph
- additional music editor
- Todd Kasow
- music editor
- Marcus Machado
- musician
- Jennifer Rowekamp
- assistant music editor
- Chris Tabron
- recording and mixing engineer
Camera Department
- Peter Bonilla
- grip
- Christian Epps
- chief lighting technician
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