Film Credits
Written and Directed by
Göran Hugo Olsson
Produced by
Annika Rogell
Co-Produced by
Joslyn Barnes and Danny Glover
Axel Arnö
Executive Music Producer
Corey Smyth
Music by
Ahmir Questlove Thompson and Om’Mas Keith
Commentary by
Erykah Badu
Harry Belafonte
Kathleen Cleaver
Angela Davis
John Forté
Kenny Gamble
Robin Kelley
Talib Kweli
Abiodun Oyewole
Melvin Van Peebles
Sonia Sanchez
Bobby Seale
Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Edited by
Göran Hugo Olsson
Hanna Lejonqvist SFK
Art Director
Stefania Malmsten
Research and Advisor
Fatima Varhos
Soundmix
Anders Nyström
Grading
Martin Steinberg
Production Assistants
Tim Dahlberg
John Olsson
Sara Sellgren
Post Production Advice
Peter Gustafsson
Production Trainee
Simon Elvås
Legal Advice
Renaud Mauruc
Story Accountant
Helena Cederblad
Louverture Accountant
Sarisa Middleton
Louverture Production Associate
Julia Morgan
Assistant to Mr. Glover
Nicole Middleton
Administrative Assistant for Blacksmith Corp
Midori Nishijima-Kim
Music Clearances
Deborah Mannis-Gardner
Publicity – Sweden
Gilda Romero
Publicity – North America
David Magdael & Associates
North American Distribution Advisory Services
Cinetic Media
International Distribution
Wide House
Associate Producer
Jenny Örnborn
Executive Producer
Tobias Janson
Commissioning Editors
For ZDF/ARTE
Martin Pieper
For YLE Teema
Ritva Leino
For NRK
Tore Tomter
For RTS
Irène Challand
Gaspard Lamunière
For ERT
Irene Gavala-Chardalia
Original Footage Created by
Sven Anér
Bertil Askelöf
Göran Bengtson
Sid Birchman
John Sune Carlson
Ingrid Dahlberg
Thomas Dillén
Tom Goetz
Nils Åke Hamberg
Lars Helander
Lars Hellengren
Lars Hjelm
Bo Holmström
Bo Holmqvist
Bo Isaksson
Ove Joanson
Michael Kimmanson
Raija Lounavaara
Ingemar Odlander
Lars B Pettersson
Anders Ribbsjö
Jonas Sima
Christian Stannow
Knut Ståhlberg
Lars Tjernberg
Anders Turai
Lars Ulvenstam
Örjan Öberg
Abiodun Oyewole Interview
Mats Nileskär
Archival Footage
Sveriges Television AB
BBC Motion Gallery
Film Audio Services/Archive Films: Getty Images
NASA / Spacecraft Films
Original Music Courtesy Blacksmith Corp.
“Rockin' Robin”
Written by Jimmie Thomas
Used by Permission of Leon Rene Family Partnership
Performed by Jackson 5
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“Unwritten”
Written by Tarik Collins, Ahmir Thompson, Tahir Jamal,
Karl Jenkins, Radji Mateen, Khari Mateen, Ridhwan Mateen
Performed by The Roots
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“Soul Makossa”
Written by Manu Dibango
Published by Universal Musica, Inc. (ASCAP)
on behalf of ED. Ed. Musicales Grande Avenue
Performed by Manu Dibango Courtesy of Universal International Music, B.V.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“Miles Moods”
Composed by G Barker
Under license from EMI Music Publ.
Special Thanks
Björn Aivars
David Aronowitch
Anna Byvall
Doug Davis
James Early
Nils Fridén
Martin Glover
Piodor Gustafsson
Dino Jonsäter
Negar Josephi
David Kalal
Louise Køster
Staffan Lamm
Pia Lundberg
Bob Moses
Anita Nayar
Jordan Newhouse
Rich Nichols
Ingemar Persson
Jan Röfekamp
Sara Rüster
Carla Sims
Lisa Taube
Tevearkvivet
Halvard Walldén
Motisola Zulu
Funding Provided by
Swedish Film Institute
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Nordic Film & TV Fund
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
This program is a production of Story AB co-produced by Louverture Films,
Sveriges Television, and ZDF in association with ARTE.
Produced in association with YLE Teema, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK),
Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), and Greek Radio Television (ERT).
© 2011 Story AB, Louverture Films LLC, and Sveriges Television AB. All rights reserved.
