Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Film Credits

Voice of Daisy Bates
Angela Bassett

Editor
Sandra Christie

Writer, Producer and Director
Sharon La Cruise

Co-Producer
W. Noland Walker

Original Score by
Gil Talmi

Directors of Photography
Michael Chin
Robert Shepard
Jonathan Weaver

Graphics Designer
Lucjan Gorczynski

Field Producer
Carol Bash

Coordinating Producer
Sheila Maniar

Additional Editing
Emir Lewis
Aljernon Tunsil

Additional Shooting
Stewart Holmes

Sound Technicians
Brian Albritton
Michael Boyle
James Groves
Francisco LaTorre
David Obermeyer
Jim Rebracca

Assistant Editor
Jeremiah Glazer
Robert Hatch-Miller

Researchers
Tamisha Cheatham
Jennifer Koenig

Production Assistants
Chivonne Henriques
Malika Henriques
Tavia James
ManSee Kong
Roxanne Yamashiro

Field Production Assistants
Levi Agee
Robert Booth
Kyle Denton
Derrick Garrett
Ricky Grimes, Jr.
Hugh Rich
Eddie Rodriguez
Cane West

Post Production Supervisor
Steven Bennett

On-line Facility
Framerunner

On-line Editor
Rick Broat

Sound Editor
Barbara Parks

Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Levin

Audio Post Production
Splash Studios, Inc.

Sound Recording
Smart Post Sound

Voice Coach
Valerie Geller

Music Performers
The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra SIF 309

Music Editor
Kwan Fai Lam

Actors
Nastajae Alderson
Destiny Gatson
Melvin Hayes
Summer Modica
Shawn Pryor
Will Tolbert
Raymond Waters

Crew

Gaffer
Dave Calhoun

Production Assistant
Jamie Carden

Set Decorator
Tammy Glass

Camera Assistant
Amy Sandefur

Grip
Trent Thomason

Creative Advisor
June Cross

Script Advisors
Lisa Payton
Howard Weinberg

Accounting Services Provided by
Falconer, Inc.
K.A. Trotter, Inc.

Legal Advice Provided by
Law Office of Fernando Ramirez

Archival Photos and Images Courtesy of
101st Airborne Museum
Afro-American Archives
AP Images
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas History Commission
Arkansas State Press/Writing Our World Publishing
Linda Austin
Bettmann/CORBIS
Bob Adelman/CORBIS
Bob Klein Archives
Brian Lanker Archives
Clifton Broughton
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
California African-American Museum
Central High School, NHS
Chicago Defender
Mike Ciemny
The Commercial Appeal
Daisy Bates Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
Ernest Withers Gallery & Archives
Genevieve Naylor/CORBIS
Gertrude Samuels Collection
Getty Images
Damon Hart-Davis
Hearst Communications, Inc. Hearst Newspaper Division
The Image Works
iStockPhoto
Johnson Publishing Company
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Los Angeles Times
Magnum Photos
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
New York Amsterdam News
Schomburg Center, New York Public Library
Christine Shea
Mike Shea Estate
Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries
The Tennessean
University of Arkansas Press
University of Maryland, Mildred Grossman Archives
Ann Vachon
Will Counts Collection: Indiana University Archives
Wisconsin Historical Society

Archival Footage Courtesy of
ABC News VideoSource
Arkansas Educational Television Network
CBC TV Archive Sales
CNN
Getty Images
Historic Films
ITN Source/FOX
Leonard Productions
Library of Congress, Moving Picture Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
National Archives and Records Administration
NBC Universal Archives
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Oddball Film+Video
Rockefeller Archives Center
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries
Thought Equity Motion/CBS News
UCLA Film & Television Archives

Recorded Music

“Basie Boogie”
Performed by Count Basie & Orchestra
M.K. Ebens/W. Basie
SONY BMG Music Entertainment Group

“Lord Don’t Move That Mountain”
Performed by Etta James
Manna Music Inc.
K-tel

“The Twist”
Performedw by Chubby Checker
Fort Knox Music, Inc.
Trio Music Group

“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel Like To Be Free”
Performed by Nina Simone
Duane Music, Inc.
RCA

Special Thanks
Orlando Bagwell
Julian Bond
The Gatson Family
Mable Haddock
The La Cruise Family
The Manning Family
Greg Pak
Amilca Palmer
Kay Shaw
Jean Tsien

Fiscal Sponsor
Women Make Movies, Inc.

Executive Producer for ITVS
Sally Jo Fifer

Executive Producer for NBPC
Jacquie Jones

Funding provided by
Southern Humanities Media Fund
Arkansas Humanities Council
New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
West Fraser Limited and others

A complete list is available from PBS.

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock is a co-production of
Sakkara Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS),
in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC),
with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock is produced by
Sakkara Films who is solely responsible for its content.

© 2012 Sakkara Films, LLC. All rights reserved.