The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Produced, Directed and Written by
Kathy Conkwright

Written and Edited by
Mary Makley

Narrated by
Robert Duvall

For Nashville Public Television
Executive Producers
Beth Curley
Steve Bass

Principal Photography
Jim Demarco

Additional Editing/Grip/Dolly Operator
Will Pedigo

Field Sound and Sound Mix
Jay Rockholt

Research Consultant
Colin Escott

Additional Photography
Chris Conder
Jim Johnson

Additional Sound
Walt Reedy

Graphic Animation
Biz Woodie

Graphic Design
Joy Holly
Susie Thiemonge

Production Assistant
Linda Wei

Engineer
Dale Baker

Actors in order of appearance
Young A.P.: Isaac Salyer
Teenage A.P.: Tucker Jett
Quartet member#1: Justin Justice
Quartet member #3: Henry Schultz
Quartet member #4: Tyler Forrester
AP Carter: Eugene Wolf
Sara Carter: Teresa Williams
Maybelle Carter: Joy Lynn White
Leslie Riddle: Larry Perkins

Archive Materials provided by:
Appalshop, Sunny Side of Life
Bear Family Records
Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
Bill Bays, personal collection
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Bryant Label, Freddie Boyd
Capitol Records/Nashville
The Carter Family Museum, Hiltons, VA
Carter Family at Newport, courtesy John Cohen/Historic Films
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Bill Crawford
Friends of the Great Smokey Mountains
Historic Films Archive, LLC
Maybelle Carter interview courtesy of Mike Seeger and the estate of Ed Kahn.
peermusic
Ed Romaniak personal collection
Eric Schaal/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
RCA Record Labels
Ralph Peer interview courtesy of the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Collection,
File #20000 Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tennessee State Library and Archives

Accommodations, Props, Costumes and Locations provided by:
The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, TN
Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Bristol, TN, Convention Center
Jameson Inn, Kingsport, TN
Madeline and Ronald L. Borkhuis
Tony Caldwell, Trim Salon
Doug Dorschug
Grand Antiques, Bristol, TN
Theresa Heiman
The Basement, Steve West, Nashville, TN
Ewings Chapel, Gate City, VA
Wes Taylor Interiors, Wes Taylor, Bristol, TN

Special Thanks to:
Connie and Jimmy Cowan
Kieran and Kevin Crane
Minnie Curtis
Fletcher Foster
Bill Hartley
Stan, Lennea & Mariah Hickam
Tom Hughes
Nell Kendrick
Michael Kenney
John Maeder
Rex McCarty
Stephen McRedmond
Adam Prince
Alan Stoker
Richard Weize
Bret Wolcott

The Extended Carter Family

© Nashville Public Television, Inc.
2005 All rights reserved

For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Post Production
Greg Shea
Glenn Fukushima

Series Designer
Alison Kennedy

On-Line Editor
Spencer Gentry

Sound Mix
John Jenkins

Series Theme
Mark Adler

Business Manager
John Van Hagen

Project Administration
Nancy Farrell
Vanessa Ruiz
Helen R. Russell
Rebekah Suggs

Legal
Jay Fialkov
Maureen Jordan

Director, New Media
Maria Daniels

Project Coordinator, New Media
Ravi Jain

Publicity
Daphne B. Noyes
Johanna Baker
Lauren Prestileo

Series Editor
Susan Bellows

Series Manager
James E. Dunford

Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau

Series Producer
Sharon Grimberg

Executive Producer
Mark Samels

A Nashville Public Television Production
for American Experience

© 2005
WGBH Educational Foundation
All rights reserved.