American Experience

Head Credits

Produced and Directed by
Stanley Nelson

Editor
Lewis Erskine

Co-Editor
Aljernon Tunsil

Co-Producer
Noland Walker

Associate Producer
Kristin Lesko

Composer
Tom Phillips

Teleplay by
Marcia Smith and Noland Walker

Story by
Marcia Smith

Production Credits

Assistant Producer
Christine Turner

Cinematography
Michael Chin

Additional Camera
Robert Shepard
Mike Harlow

Sound
Sara Chin

Additional Sound
JT Takagi
C.A. Mose

Research Assistance
Denice Stephenson, California Historical Society
Fielding McGehee, Jonestown Institute

Music Supervisor
Rena C. Kosersky

Graphic Design
Katie Marsh, Kounterattack Design

Archival Consultant
Kenn Rabin

Audio Restoration
Phillip Klum, Jigsaw Sound, NYC

Colorist
Ed Rudolph, Video Arts/San Francisco

Online Editor
Jon Vargo, Video Arts/San Francisco

Re-Recording Mixer
Paul J. Zahnley CAS, Disher Music and Sound

Sound Editor
E. Larry Oatfield

Administration
Susan Starr Katherine McMillan

Voice Over Recording
Faye Carol

Interns
Julia Conley
Jessica Hankey
Deborah Harvin
Andrew Buck
Anthony Simons
Kenneth Clark

Music Credits

Harrigan
Composed by George M. Cohan
Published by George M. Cohan Music Publishing Company
c/o Carlin America, Inc.
Performed by The Peoples Temple Children’s Choir

California Dreaming
Composed by John. E. A. Phillips and Michelle G. Phillips
Published by Universal MCA Music Publishing
A division of Universal Music Publishing Group
Adapted for Film by Tom Phillips

I Never Heard a Man
Traditional
Performed by the Sterling Jubilee Singers
Courtesy of New World Records
Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.

Why Can’t We Live Together
Composed and Performed by Timmy Thomas
Published by EMI Longitude Music
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

I’m a Soldier (In The Army of the Lord)
Traditional
Performed by The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Courtesy of Vee-Jay Ltd. Partnership

That’s The Way Of The World
Composed by Charles Stepney, Maurice White, and Verdine Adams White
Published by Embassy Music Corporation on behalf of itself and Eibur Music Co. and EMI April Music

Archival Footage
Don Como
NBC News Archives
USC, School of Cinema-Television, David Gottlieb and Jim Ruxin
BBC Motion Gallery
Corbis
The Fall of the I-Hotel, courtesy of Curtis Choy/Chonk Moonhunter
FILM Archives
Fulcrum TV
Getty Images
KGO TV
KTVU
KQED
MacDonald and Associates
Oddball Film+Video
Pyramid Media
UCLA Film and Television Archive

Archival Photographs
Peoples Temple Collection, courtesy of California Historical Society
Gregory Robinson, San Francisco Examiner
Joyce Bowman, Personal Collection
Tim Carter, Personal Collection
Eugene and June Cordell, Personal Collection
Dominique A. Delphine (formerly Joyce Shaw), Personal Collection
Claire Janaro, Personal Collection
Jim Jones Jr., Personal Collection
Moore Family Collection
Patricia Ryan, Personal Collection
Chuck Wilmore, Personal Collection
Phyllis Zimmerman, Personal Collection
AP/Wide World Photos
Carroll Parrott Blue
Corbis
Getty Images
Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society
Bass Photo Co Collection, Indiana Historical Society
O. James Fox Collection, Indiana Historical Society
Maurice G. Burnett, Indianapolis Star
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection
Oakland Tribune
U.S. GenWeb Project
San Francisco Chronicle
Frank Johnston, The Washington Post
Robert B. Wright, Peoples Temple Collection at California Historical Society

On-camera interview subjects
Tim Carter, Peoples Temple member
Stanley Clayton, Peoples Temple member
Eugene Cordell, Relative of Peoples Temple member
June Cordell, Relative of Peoples Temple member
Rev. Garnett Day, minister
Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple member
Vernon Gosney, Peoples Temple member
John R. Hall, sociologist
Neva Sly Hargrave, Peoples Temple member
Claire Janaro, Peoples Temple member
Jim Jones, Jr., Peoples Temple member
Garrett Lambrev, Peoples Temple member
Deborah Layton, Peoples Temple member and author, Seductive Poison
Marshall Kilduff, journalist
Laura Johnston Kohl, Peoples Temple member
Bryan Kravitz, Peoples Temple member
Kristine Kravitz, Peoples Temple member
Fielding McGehee, relative of Peoples Temple member
Rebecca Moore, relative of Peoples Temple member
Tim Reiterman, journalist
Joyce Shaw-Houston, Peoples Temple member
Janet Shular, Peoples Temple member
Juanell Smart, Peoples Temple member
Eugene Smith, Peoples Temple member
Jackie Speier, aide to Congressman Leo Ryan
Grace Stoen, Peoples Temple member
Stephen Sung, sound technician
Mike Touchette, Peoples Temple member
Jordan Vilchez, Peoples Temple member
Chuck Wilmore, childhood friend of Jim Jones
Phyllis Wilmore Zimmerman, childhood friend of Jim Jones

Special Thanks
Rev. John V Moore
Glen Hennington
Lovella Brown
Connie Roundebush
Mary Morganti, California Historical Society
Leslie Donaldson, KTVU
Cydney Hill, SFSU
John Gollin, San Francisco Examiner
Gary Fong, San Francisco Chronicle
Susan Sutton, Indiana Historical Society
Amy Wellnitz, Ukiah Daily Journal
John Koetzner, Mendocino College Library
David Bushway, Mendocino College Library
Christopher Chow, Asian American Media Center, Inc.
Mark Kitchell
Guy Morrison
Elspeth Domville
Andrea Robinson
Kelly Frankeny
Marion K. Towne
Jim Baldwin
James Molesky
Barbara Peterson
Jane Powell
George Troy
Creig Turner
Lionel Wedekind
Mary Leggett, M’s Bed and Breakfast
Doubletree Hotel Berkeley Marina
Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel & Lisa Kuhn

For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Post Production
Vanessa Ezersky
Glenn Fukushima
Greg Shea

Series Designer
Alison Kennedy

On-Line Editor
Spencer Gentry

Sound Mix
John Jenkins

Series Theme
Charles Kuskin
Mark Adler

Production Manager
Nancy Sherman

Legal
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Maureen Jordan
Scott Kardel

Project Administration
Kelsey Dorwart
Susana Fernandes
Pamela Gaudiano

Marketing and Communications
Laura Bowman
Jen Holmes
Patrick Ramirez

Project Manager
Lauren Prestileo

Director of New Media
Maria Daniels

Senior Editor
Paul Taylor

Series Producer
Susan Bellows

Series Manager
James E. Dunford

Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau

Senior Producer
Sharon Grimberg

Executive Producer
Mark Samels

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