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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Cast

Dorinda Drake
Self - Festival Attendee
Barbara Bland-Acosta
Self - Festival Attendee
Darryl Lewis
Self - Festival Attendee
Ethel Beatty
Self - Festival Attendee
Al Sharpton
Self - Minister & Activist
Allen Zerkin
Self - Former Assistant to Tony Lawrence
Margot Edman
Self - Festival Production Assistant
Alan Leeds
Self - Music Manager & Executive
Cyril 'Bullwhip' Innis Jr.
Self - Black Panther Party
Hal Tulchin
Self - Director & Producer, Harlem Cultural Festival 1969
Musa Jackson
Self - Festival Attendee
Billy Davis Jr.
Self - The 5th Dimension
Marilyn McCoo
Self - The 5th Dimension
Adrienne Kryor
Self - The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Greg Tate
Self - Writer & Musician
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times
Jesse Jackson
Self - Minister & Activist
Gladys Knight
Self - Musician
Greg Errico
Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone
Jim McFarland
Self - Former Tailor, Orie's Custom Tailoring
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Luis Miranda
Self - Civic Leader
Denise Oliver-Velez
Self - Professor & Activist
Sheila E.
Self - Musician
Roger Parris
Self - Festival Attendee
Stevie Wonder
Self - Musician
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Raoul Roach
Self - Son of Max Roach
Selema Masekela
Self - Son of Hugh Masekela
The 5th Dimension
Self - Performer
Don Alias
Self - Performer
William Allen
Self - Performer
Carlos Alomar
Self - Performer
Ray Barretto
Self - Performer
Steve Berrios
Self - Performer
Blinky
Self - Performer
Ben Branch
Self - Performer
Operation Breadbasket
Self - Performer
Hadley Caliman
Self - Performer
Bruno Carr
Self - Performer
Chuck Carter
Self - Performer
The Chambers Brothers
Self - Performer
Harwell Chauncey
Self - Performer
Luis Cruz
Self - Performer
Yvonne Fair
Self - Performer
Sonny Fortune
Self - Performer
Henry Franklin
Self - Performer
Tony Fuentes
Self - Performer
Marcus Garvey Jr.
Self - Performer
Luis Gasca
Self - Performer
Andy Gonzalez
Self - Performer
The Gospel Redeemers
Self - Performer
Rodgers Grant
Self - Performer
The Harlem Calypso Band
Self - Performer
Edwin Hawkins
Self - Performer
Tramaine Hawkins
Self - Performer
Walter Hawkins
Self - Performer
Weldon Irvine
Self - Performer
Chuck Jackson
Self - Performer
Mahalia Jackson
Self - Performer
Gene Key
Self - Performer
B.B. King
Self - Performer
Maurice King
Self - Performer
George Kirby
Self - Performer
Abbey Lincoln
Self - Performer
Ray Maldanado
Self - Performer
Herbie Mann
Self - Performer
Steve Marcus
Self - Performer
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self - Performer
Hugh Masekela
Self - Performer
Dorothy Morrison
Self - Performer
Babatunde Olatunji
Self - Performer
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Self - Performer
Max Roach
Self - Performer
Roberto Rodriguez
Self - Performer
David Ruffin
Self - Performer
Mongo Santamaria
Self - Performer
Adalberto Santiago
Self - Performer
Sonny Sharrock
Self - Performer
Nina Simone
Self - Performer
The Staple Singers
Self - Performer
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self - Performer
Herman Stevens
Self - Performer
Sly Stone
Self - Performer
Cal Tjader
Self - Performer
Orestes Vilato
Self - Performer
Miroslav Vitous
Self - Performer
The Voices of Faith
Self - Performer
Clara Walker
Self - Performer
Larry Willis
Self - Performer
Ewart Abner
Self - Vice President of Motown Records

Produced By

Jody Allen
executive producer
Cora Atkinson
co-producer
David Barse
executive producer
Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck
associate producer
Novena Carmel
coordinating segment producer
Rocky Collins
executive producer
Shannon Dill
production executive: Concordia Studio
Ron Eisenberg
executive producer
Jannat Gargi
executive producer
Bryan Greene
consulting producer
Davis Guggenheim
executive producer
Marie Therese Guirgis
executive producer
Brendan Hermes
executive producer: Outpost Digital NY
Beth Hubbard
executive producer
Cherice Hunt
associate producer
Jen Isaacson
executive producer
Sheila C. Johnson
executive producer
Ruth Johnston
executive producer
Jon Kamen
executive producer
Julia Lewis
archival associate producer
Aimee Link
supervising producer: Vulcan Productions
Jeffrey Lurie
executive producer
Lizzy McGlynn
archival producer
Laurene Powell-Jobs
executive producer
Questlove
executive producer
Jonathan Silberberg
co-executive producer
Dave Sirulnick
executive producer
Nicole Stott
co-executive producer
James Uminowicz
senior producer: Outpost Digital NY
Zarah Zohlman
associate producer

Cinematography

Sound

Justine Baker
Director commentary recordist
Alan Chow
sound mixer
Dennis Dembeck
mix technician
Robert Fernandez
additional re-recording mixer: Harbor
Aisha Hallgren
sound mixer
Dennis Hamlin
sound mixer
Paul Hsu
re-recording mixer: CS Inc., NYC
Jiho Kim
assistant sound editor
Rich Mach
sound mixer
Paul Massey
additional re-recording mixer: Fox Studio Lot, LLC
Mike Stahr
sound mixer
Emily Strong
sound mixer

Makeup

Sunny Bourgeois
hair stylist / makeup artist
Nicola David
hair stylist / makeup artist
Robyn Fisher
hair stylist / makeup artist
Viola Nicholson
hair stylist / makeup artist

Visual Effects

Mark Thompson
motion graphics

Assistant Director

Joseph Patel
second unit director

Production Management

Corey DeStefano
production manager
Sarah Hume
production manager: Vulcan Productions
Constantina Konugres
production supervisor: RadicalMedia
Kim Nyhous
executive in charge of production: Vulcan Productions

Art Department

Kevin Mazile
art assistant
Frank W. Miller Jr.
art direction consultant
Luis Vasquez
art assistant

Editorial

Cooper Conley-Currier
assistant editor
Sante Ferrante
machine room operator: Outpost Digital NY
Colin Fowler
lead assistant editor
Michael Goldman
assistant engineer: Outpost Digital NY
Lewis Hedley-Noble
post engineer: Outpost Digital NY
Alexander Santoro
chief technical engineer: Outpost Digital NY
Timothy Ziegler
on-line editor
Devon Andrew Hubner
post production supervisor

Other

Judy Aley
special thanks
Lee Andrews
would like to thank: Questlove
Stephanie Andrews
special thanks
Fiona Apple
would like to thank: Questlove
Carl Atkinson
special thanks
Melody Atkinson
special thanks
Ayanna Ayers
special thanks
Leo Barse
special thanks / thanks
Zenya Bashford
would like to thank: Questlove
Kari Bauce
special thanks
Gina Belafonte
special thanks
Ardenia Brown
would like to thank: Questlove
Gene Brown
would like to thank: Questlove
Damon Bryson
would like to thank: Questlove
Timothy Anne Burnside
would like to thank: Questlove
Imhotep Gary Byrd
would like to thank: Questlove
Dave Chappelle
would like to thank: Questlove
Brian Coleman
would like to thank: Questlove
Phonte Coleman
would like to thank: Questlove
Victoria S. Cook
special thanks
Matt Cornell
special thanks
Stuart Cosgrove
special thanks
John B. Crye
special thanks
Tina D'Orazio
special thanks
Maggie Dakin
special thanks
Hillary Dann
special thanks
Maxwell Dartey
would like to thank: Questlove
Lily De Jong
would like to thank: Questlove
Ileana Diaz
would like to thank: Questlove
Shannon Dill
special thanks
Alison Dinerstein
special thanks
Sam Dinerstein
special thanks
Zoe Dinerstein
special thanks
Carleen Donovan
would like to thank: Questlove
Kirk Douglas
would like to thank: Questlove
Ava DuVernay
would like to thank: Questlove
Michael Eric Dyson
would like to thank: Questlove
Billy Eisenberg
special thanks
Deborah Eisenberg
special thanks
Stro Elliot
would like to thank: Questlove
Erika Elliott
special thanks
Fab 5 Freddy
would like to thank: Questlove
Jimmy Fallon
would like to thank: Questlove
Tina Farris
would like to thank: Questlove
Brittany Fyvolent
special thanks
Joel Fyvolent
special thanks
Paul Fyvolent
special thanks
Sekou Gathers
would like to thank: Questlove
Janina Gavankar
would like to thank: Questlove
Shawn Gee
would like to thank: Questlove
Duke Gerrone
would like to thank: Questlove
Alex Gibney
special thanks
Wendy Goldstein
would like to thank: Questlove
James 'Kamal' Gray
would like to thank: Questlove
William Greaves
special thanks
Ben Greenman
would like to thank: Questlove
David Guy
would like to thank: Questlove
James Harris III
would like to thank: Questlove
Grace Harry
would like to thank: Questlove
Ian Hendrickson-Smith
would like to thank: Questlove
Chester Higgins Jr.
special thanks
Lester House
special thanks
Michael Howe
would like to thank: Questlove
J-Zone
special thanks
Rodney Jean
would like to thank: Questlove
Sean Jefferson
special thanks
Bill Johnson
would like to thank: Questlove
Bob Johnson
special thanks
Ruwan Karu
would like to thank: Questlove
Mark Kelley
would like to thank: Questlove
Tony Lawrence
dedicatee: deepest love and gratitude for always putting on for his community
Leaf
would like to thank: Questlove
Spike Lee
would like to thank: Questlove
Bela Levin
special thanks
Miles Marshall Lewis
would like to thank: Questlove
Demi Lovato
would like to thank: Questlove
Neal Ludevig
special thanks
Kirkland Lynch
special thanks
Steven Mandel
would like to thank: Questlove
Christian McBride
would like to thank: Questlove
Elena McKay
would like to thank: Questlove
Raiden McLean
would like to thank: Questlove
Keith McPhee
would like to thank: Questlove
Philip Michelson
special thanks
Jake Morelli
would like to thank: Questlove
Gerardo Moreno
special thanks
Tenisha Myles
would like to thank: Questlove
Dahveed Nelson
special thanks
Mercedes Nichols
would like to thank: Questlove
Rakim Nichols
would like to thank: Questlove
Munir Nuriddin
would like to thank: Questlove
Abby O'Neill
special thanks
Kwame Onwuachi
would like to thank: Questlove
Mahesh Patel
special thanks
Prafulla Patel
special thanks
Kieran Patel-Jarrett
special thanks
Steven Pearl
special thanks
Steven Pearl
special thanks

Music Department

Thomas Cavanaugh
Music Business & Legal Affairs / music business & legal affairs
Jimmy Douglass
music mixer
Ian Herbert
music coordinator
Randall Poster
music supervisor

Casting Department

Camera Department

Rob Agulo
assistant camera
Alexander Ashe
additional camera / gaffer
Jordan Bell
key grip
Christian Cashmir
additional camera
Bryant Fisher
additional camera
Kate Glicksberg
still photographer
Wayne A. Goring
additional camera
J'mme Love
assistant camera
Jaime Medrano Jr.
assistant camera
Matt Noll
additional camera
Charley Parker
assistant camera
Lorenzo Porras
assistant camera
Ezra Riley
assistant camera
Pierce Robinson
assistant camera
Sean Rochau
assistant camera
Stefan Weinberger
additional camera
Pat Shahabian
additional cinematography
Ted Snow
assistant camera / digital imaging technician
Jenise Whitehead
digital loader: Los Angeles

Location Management

Brett Frana
supervising location manager
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