The Filmmakers

Produced and Directed by
Bradley Beesley
Julianna Brannum
James D. Payne

Edited by
Leah Marino

Cinematographer
Bradley Beesley

Sound Recordist
James D. Payne

Written by
James D. Payne

Narrated by
Orval “Hoppy” Ray

Additional Camera/Sound
Damon Cook

Off-line Editing Assistant
Ben Steinbauer

Footage Transcribed by
David McMurry

Legal Advisor
Darren Cook

Music Clearance Supervisor
Michelle Krupkin

On-Line Editor
M.B. Boehm
Christine McConnell

Colorist
Joe Malina

Color Correction Facility
The Filmworkers Club

Sound Editor & Mix
Robert Kellough

Additional Sound Design
Justin Hennard

Film Transfer Technician
Peggy Clark-Holden

Film Transfer Facility
Video Post & Transfer

Still Photography
Shane Brown
Earl Dotter
Von Wascovich

Archival Stills
JR Mathews
Picher Mining Field Museum
Orval “Hoppy” Ray
John Schehrer

Archival Footage
Rebecca Campbell

“Death in Picher” by The Flaming Lips
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Music and Lovely Sorts of Death Music/EMI
Blackwood Music (BMI)

“Zillion Eyes” by Starlight Mints
(pias America) mintmusic/2003 vest/nunez

“Bluebird of Happiness” by Mojave 3
(P) 2003 4AD Ltd c/o Beggars Group
Written by Neil Halstead and Ian McCutcheon
© 2003 Menace Music Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd (PRS)

“Desierto del Picher”
Written and performed by Taylor Holland

"Only A Mountain" by Pleasant Grove
From the album The Art of Leaving
Written by Marcus Striplin
Published by Xtra Gravy/BMI
(p) 2004 Badman Recording Co.

“Train Blues”
Written and performed by Woody Guthrie
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

“Sleigh Ride”
Written by Leroy Anderson
Performed by Picher-Cardin Gorilla Band
EMI Mills Music, Inc.

“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If You Ain’t Got That Swing)
Written by Duke Ellington
Performed by Picher-Cardin Gorilla Band
EMI Mills Music, Inc.

“House of Gold”
Written by Hank Williams
Performed by The D.L.D. Band
Sony/ATV Music Publishing

“Drinking Champagne”
Written by Bill Mack Smith
Performed by The D.L.D. Band
Sony/ATV Music Publishing

“Travelling the Highway Home”
Written by Frankie Bailes and Walter Bailes
Performed by the Highway Tabernacle Church
Sony/ATV Music Publishing

“Cat Scratch Fever”
Written by Ted Nugent
Performed by the Picher-Cardin Gorilla Band
Magicland Music

“Holiday Hoedown”
Written by John Riggio
Performed by the Picher-Cardin Elementary School
Plank Road Publishing

“I Wish For Peace On Earth”
Written by Teresa Jennings
Performed by the Picher-Cardin Elementary School
Plank Road Publishing

Special Thanks to
Alan Novey
Ira Schlezinger
Francis Beesley
Paul Beesley
Betty’s Dairy Inn
Steve Booth
Jeff Bowden
James & Lana Brannum
Demi Cavazos
Bruce Chrz
Circle Cinema
Pastor Ray Clonts
Betty Cole
Country Girl Café
Penny Costello
Dan’s General Store
Teresa and Randy Dixon
Nate Foll
Sam Freeman
JoLynn Garnes
Matt Goad
Jack Green
Earl Hatley
Brian Hearn
David and Beverly Henderson
Steve and Kathy Herrin
Highway Tabernacle Church
Teresa Jackson
Rebecca Jim
Brittany Jones
Walter and Wilba Jones
Bill Lake
Wanda Lake
Joseph P. Magrini
Kyle Marris
JR Mathews
David McMurry
Tyson Meade
John Mott
Stormy Mountford
Kim Pace
Robert & Teresa Payne
Picher Auction
Picher-Cardin Schools
Cacky Poarch
Tom Pribyl
Sarah Price
Ojai Film Festival
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
Niki Redden
David and Jan Rose
Bird Runningwater
Tony Shanks
Maude Smith
Stephanie Smith-Foll
John Sparkman
Sundae Thomas
Patrick Weakland
Frank Wood

Funding provided by
deadCENTER Film
Clark Wiens
Jean & Phil Wildfang

Executive Producer for ITVS
Sally Jo Fifer

Executive Producer for NAPT
Shirley K. Sneve

For KERA
Executive Producer
Rob Tranchin

Executive in Charge
Sylvia Komatsu

This program was produced by The Creek Runs Red, LLC and KERA-Dallas/Fort Worth
who are solely responsible for its content.

The Creek Runs Red is a co-production of The Creek Runs Red, LLC and KERA- Dallas/Fort Worth in association with ITVS and NAPT, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.