Independent Lens . A PLACE OF OUR OWN . Film Credits

Producer/Director
Stanley Nelson

Editors
Sandra Christie
Helen Yum

Written by
Stanley Nelson
Marcia Smith

Cinematography
Carol Bash
Stanley Nelson

Music Composer
Kathryn Bostic

Associate Producers
Carol Bash
Helen Yum

Additional Editor
Emir Lewis

Sound Editors
Margaret Crimmins
Greg Smith

Additional Camera
Diallo McLinn

Interns
Martha King
Kristin Lesko
Carole Means
Nicholas Morrison
Phoebe Parros
Shasa Stuart

Archival Footage and Photographs Courtesy of
Marie B. Allen
Julie Anderson
William Bowles and Olive Tomlinson
Bakari Brinson
Judy and Lillian Brandt
Pamela J. Coveney
Gerry DeBettancourt
Richard Dixon
Skip Finley
Kevin Fisher
Wilton and Pauline Flippin
Leona Coleman Flu
Amy Robertson Goldson
Clark M. Goff
Hella Hammid and Tino Hammid Photography
Byron Hurt
Deborah Finley-Jackson
Bertha Childs Jones
Robert W. Jones
Marc Lippman
Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society
Neil Margetson
Theodora McLaurin
Lionel E. McMurren
Jill Nelson
Stanley Nelson Sr.
Isabel Powell
Annelle B. Primm
Robert Ransom
Philip Reed
Anne Smith
Carla E. S. Tabourne
Lee Van Allen
Jo-Ann Walker
Jocelyn C. Walton
Claire E. Walker
Richard Walker
Arthur Young

8mm Film Transfer
Brodsky & Treadway

Online Editor/Color Correction
Will Cox at Final Frame

Special Thanks to
American Documentary, Inc.
Bettye Baker
The Cottagers
Della Brown Hardman
Edgartown Police Department
Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society
Martha’s Vineyard Times
Massachusetts State Police
Jackie McGillicuddy
Oak Bluffs Police Department
Verne Oliver and New Lincoln School
Eugene Shiwotsuka
The Steamship Authority
Vineyard Gazette
The people of Oak Bluffs

Music
“Summertime”
Performed by Miles Davis
Written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Heyward Du Bose

“Let’s Twist Again”
Performed by Chubby Checker
Written by David Appell, Kal Mann

“Flash Light”
Performed by George Clinton, General Kane, Parliament
Written by George Clinton, William Earl Collins, Bernard Worrell

“Old Man Blues”
Performed by Duke Ellington
Written by Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Mills

“What a Difference a Day Makes”
Performed by Dinah Washington
Written by Stanley Adams, Maria Grever

“Serenade for String Trio #8 in D Major”
Performed by The Constant Family Trio
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

“Doing It to Death”
Performed by James Brown
Written by James Brown

“Sad Girl”
Performed by Jay Wiggins
Written by Jay Wiggins, Lloyd Smith

“Where the Party At”
Performed by Jagged Edge featuring Nelly
Written by Brandon D. Casey, Brian D. Casey, Bryan-Michael Cox,
Cornell Haynes, Jermaine Dupri

“Yenera Asasene (This is Our Land)”
Performed by Soulfege

This program was produced by Firelight Media, which is solely responsible for its content.

Produced in Association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and the
National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)

In Loving Memory of Liel