For Jesse Owens
Produced and Directed By
Laurens Grant
Narrated By
Andre Braugher
Written and Produced By
Stanley Nelson
Edited By
Aljernon Tunsil
Associate Producer
Stacey Holman
Archival Researcher
Elena Brodie-Kusa
Original Music by
Tom Phillips
Music Supervisor
Rena Kosersky
Cinematography by
John Baynard
Roland Breitschuh
Aaron Britton
Rick Butler
Vicente Franco
Elia Lyssy
Chris Openshaw
Sound Recordists
Gautam Choudhury
Ray Day
Ralf Gromman
Marc Hatch
Steve Lebeau
Lauretta Molitor
JT Takagi
Andy Turrett
Media Managers
Aleesa Adams
Robel Butler
Andria Chamberlin
Margaret Sclafani
Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Benny Mouthon, CAS
Sound Editor
Brian Bracken
Foley Artist
Leslie Bloome
Assistant Editor
John Woo
Second Assistant Editor
Joshua Day
Additional Archival Research
Andrew Horn
Polly Pettit
Graphics
Alton Christensen
Vincent-Louis Apruzzese
On-line Facility
Frame:Runner NYC
Colorist/On-Line Editor
Don Wyllie
Assistant On-Line Editor
Crystal DeBoulet
Production Assistants
Daniel Alexander
Jonathan Alvarado
David Bain
Diishan Imira
Michael May
Cary Miller
Production Interns
Sirak Areki
Alexandra Barlowe
James Cunningham
Zachary Coker
Martin Domke
Peter Foy
Christina Grillo
Hugh Kesson
Adrienne Lotson
Jivan Nagra
Reema Naqvi
Kelin Long-Gaye
Kathrin Neitz
Dearl Nelson
Samein Priester
Ariana Sanders
Natalie Shmuel
Zayden Tethong
Jonathan Weisburst
German Translator
Sandy Jones
German Production Crew
taglicht media GmbH
Associate Producer, Germany
Dennis Wells
Production Managers
Anja Klisch
Bastian Barenbrock
Researchers
Gerard Nijssen
Ralf Piorr
Executive Producer
Bernd Wilting
Archival Materials Courtesy of
ABCNEWS VideoSource
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Afro-American Newspapers
akg-images
Associated Press
Avery Brundage Collection, University of Illinois Archives
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Bundesfilmarchiv/Transit Film GmbH
CHRONOS-MEDIA GmbH
Cleveland Public Library Photograph Collection
Special Collections, Cleveland State University Library
Corbis
CriticalPast
F.I.L.M. Archives, Inc.
Footage Farm USA
FremantleMedia North America
Getty Images
Grinberg Film Library
Historic Films Archive, LLC
Home Box Office, Inc.
Agentur Karl Höffkes
ITN Source/Fox Movietone
John E. Allen Inc.
Kratky Film Praha a.s.
LA CAMERA STYLO Film Collection GmbH
National Archives and Records Administration
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Northeast Historic Film
Oddball Film + Video
Streamline Films
Sveriges Television AB
The Ohio Historical Society
The Ohio State University Archives
Thought Equity Motion/CBS
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Western Reserve Historical Society
The WPA Film Library
All Olympic Film Footage available in this production is copyright of and reproduced with the consent of the International Olympic Committee.
"The Ed Sullivan Show" courtesy of its copyright owner, SOFA Entertainment, and Historic Films Archive, LLC.
Special Thanks
Stan Cohen
Grete Debus-Winkels
DKB Foundation
Carl-Jürgen Diem Jr.
Ralph Fertig
Heinz Gericke
Gloria Owens Hemphill
Ivan J. Houston
Emanuel Hübner
Jesse Owens Memorial Park
Lynda Johnson
John Joshua
Ingeborg Kirchhoff
Alfred Koch
Arnd Krüger
Margaret Lambert
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Panayiotis "Taki" Petrochilos
Herbert Reiprich
Gerhard Richter
Marcia Smith
Alexander Tarics
The Jesse Owens Foundation
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
Michael Winter
Alonzo Wright
Music
Posin'
Written by Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin
Published by WB Music Corporation.
Performed by The Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises
Wir Wollen Alle Wider Kiner Sein!!
Written by Frederick Hollaender
Published by BMG Chrysalis
Performed by Ute Lemper
Courtesy of Decca
Under license from Universal Music Operations Limited
California Here I Come
Written by Buddy DeSylva, Joseph Meyer & Al Jolson
Published by WB Music Corporation,
Songwriters Guild, Larry Spier Music,
Bienstock Publishing Company on behalf of Redwood Music Ltd.
Performed by Tom Phillips
For FIRELIGHT FILMS
Director of Development
Loira Limbal
Business Manager
Sando Jackson
Legal Counsel
Donaldson & Callif, LLP
For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Post Production
Vanessa Ezersky
Glenn Fukushima
Series Designer
Alison Kennedy
On-Line Editor
Spencer Gentry
Sound Mix
John Jenkins
Series Theme
Joel Goodman
Web
Molly Jacobs
Production Manager
Nancy Sherman
Legal
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Scott Kardel
Project Administration
Susana Fernandes
Pamela Gaudiano
Lauren Noyes
Marketing & Publicity
Mary Lugo
Cara White
Project Manager
Lauren Prestileo
Series Manager
James E. Dunford
Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau
Series Producer
Susan Bellows
Senior Producer
Sharon Grimberg
Executive Producer
Mark Samels
A Firelight Films production for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in association with WDR.
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WGBH Educational Foundation
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