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FILM CREDITS
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A Film by Kunhardt Productions
Series Producers
GRAHAM JUDD
LESLIE D. FARRELL
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Written by
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
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Senior Producer for
Kunhardt Productions
DYLLAN McGEE
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Executive Producers
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
WILLIAM R. GRANT
PETER W. KUNHARDT
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Episode 1 "Listening to Our Past" |
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Episode 2 "The Promise of Freedom" |
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Producer/Director
JESSE SWEET
Editors
ERIC DAVIES
MICHAEL WEINGRAD
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Producer/Director
LESLIE ASAKO GLADSJO
Editors
JOANNA KIERNAN
GEETA GANDBHIR
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Episode 3 "Searching for Our Names" |
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Episode 4 "Beyond the Middle Passage" |
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Producer/Director
LESLIE C. FARRELL
Editors
MERRIL STERN
KATHRYN MOORE
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Producer/Director
GRAHAM JUDD
Editors
KATE HIRSON
STEFAN KNERRICH
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For Thirteen/WNET New York |
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For Kunhardt Productions, Inc. |
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Coordinating Producer
TARA THOMAS
Project Managers
REKHA MENON
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN
Editors
STEFAN KNERRICH
MARK SUTTON
MICHAEL WEINGRAD
Production Assistant
STEPHANIE CARTER
Publicity
THIRTEEN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
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Development Producers
SABIN STREETER
PHILIP KUNHARDT III
Development Associate Producers
GEORGIA REATH
AMY ROCKEFELLER
Archival Researcher
JILL COWAN
Chief Counsel
ROBERT GOLD
Business Affairs
MARY FARLEY
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General Credits All Episodes
Original Music by
MICHAEL BACON
Archival Producer
PRUDENCE ARNDT
Associate Producers
BARNARD JAFFIER
JULIA MARCHESI
AMILCA PALMER
ALICIA STEWART
Production Coordinator
JOSEPH BAMAT
Location Producer (Angola)
CATARINA SERRÃO/MUNDO
Archival Researchers
CAROL BASH
BONNIE ROWAN
Genealogical Researchers
JOHNI CERNY
JANE AILES
PAUL K. GRAHAM
MARJORIE SHOLES-HIGGINGS
ROSEMARY CLIFFORD MCDANIEL
Production Assistant
CHI-YOUNG PARK
Office Production Assistants
JESSICA J. FLORES
MARILYN KRIEGER
Field Production Assistants
CHARLES JONES
GARLAND MCLAURIN
CHRIS KAPELI
MICHAEL NEEL
Music Supervisor
K. FRAZIER ROBINSON
Voice Over Talent
PAMELA ARKIN
MIKE WILEY
Directors of Photography
HENRY ADEBONOJO
JEFF BAYNES
JOHN CHATER
JOE FRIEDMAN
STEPHEN MCCARTHY
BOB RICHMAN
ERICH ROLAND
BEN WOLF
Additional Camera
AARON BRITTON
JAMES CALLANAN
JOAN CHURCHILL
SAM CULLMAN
LANCE DOUGLAS
JOE FRIEDMAN
TOM HURWITZ
TOM KAUFMAN
DANA KUPPER
RICH MARINO
CHIP NUSBAUM
BOB RICHMAN
ERICH ROLAND
DONNIE SCHOEMAN
RICH STONE
TOM TAYLOR
Sound Recordists
RICK ANGELELLA
DAVID CURTAIN
TREY DERBES
FENELL DOREMUS
WALTER EDUARDO
JIM EMSWILLER
GERRY FORMICOLA
BOB FREEMAN
ADAM JONES
IAN MACPHERSON
THOMAS MORISSON
CALEB MOSE
JOHN O'CONNOR
JAMES PETERSON
JAYME ROY
PAUL RUSNAK
LENNY SCHMITZ
KEM STRALKA
JT TAKAGI
Gaffers
PAUL BREEN
CHRIS GORMAN
TED HAYASH
STEVE KAYE
BRAD KEFFER
JOE KOLBE
MIKE LEE
HUTTEMBERG NASSAR
DOUGLAS PLUMER
Assistant Editor
MATTHEW HEALEY GIORDANO
Assistant Editor/Animator
DAVID RIVELLO
Additional Assistant Editors
JOHANNA GIEBELHAUS
MICHAEL TYNER
Sound Edit and Mix by
MARGARET CRIMMINS
GREG SMITH
Narration Recording
SOUNDTRACKS
Archive Graphic Animation
STEVIE CLIFTON
Colorist/Post Finisher
DINO SANACORY, Jr.
Online Editor
TIM HUTCHINGS
Graphics
EDGEWORX
Producer for Edgeworx
BEN SPIVAK
Art Director
ROB ROTH
Animators
BRIAN FINNEY
MARCO VELENTIN
Offline Edit
POSTWORKS, NY
Interns
MELANI BAKER
MEREDITH BERNARD
TRAVIS FRANCIS
ERICH GOLDSCHEIN
CHARLES MCCANTS
JASPER PERKINS
Archives
ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER FOLK ART MUSEUM, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRITISH NATIONAL ARCHIVES
BROWN BROTHERS, STERLING PA
CHUCK STEWART
CLYDE JOHNSON
COLLECTING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
CORBIS
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MAKING OF AMERICA DIGITAL COLLECTION
CULVER PICTURES
CUMBERLAND TIMES
CYNTHIA SCHMIDT, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, WESTERN HISTORY COLLECTION, X-30541
DR. MAE JEMISON
EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY, GREG FRENCH
EDDIE GARCIA
EDWIN COPELAND
FLORIDA STATE ARCHIVES
FOOTAGE COURTESY OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
FOOTAGE FARM
GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE
GETTY IMAGES
HARPER'S WEEKLY
HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTER
HARVARD MAP COLLECTION
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. PERSONAL ARCHIVES
HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UTICA HOLTZCLAW LIBRARY
JACQUELINE JAKES
JOHNNY WAITS
JOHNS HOPKINS
JON COPELAND
K. A. MACDONALD
KATHARINE CARR ESTERS
KESSINGER PUBLISHING, LLC
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MACDONALD & ASSOCIATES
MASSACHUSETTS COMMANDERY AND US MILITARY INSTITUTE
HISTORY INSTITUTE
METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES, NASHVILLE TN
MILITARY & HISTORICAL IMAGE BANK
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
MY FAMILY.COM, INC.
NASA
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES
OLD COURTHOUSE MUSEUM
OPRAH WINFREY APPEARS COURTESY OF HARPO, INC.
PEABODY MUSEUM
PICTURE COLLECTION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBARY
PICTURE HISTORY
PRODUCERS LIBRARY SERVICE
QUINCY JONES PERSONAL ARCHIVES
QUINCY JONES PRODUCTIONS
RAND MCNALLY
SARA LAWRENCE LIGHTFOOT PERSONAL ARCHIVES
SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARY
T.A. BRYANT, JR.
TAMMYE STOCKS
THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION, ACC. NO. 1953.73
THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
THE POTTER'S HOUSE
THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE SEPARATE CINEMA ARCHIVE
THE WPA FILM LIBRARY
TOM COPELAND
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY
VALENTINE MUSEUM
VERNON WINFREY
WEST VIRGINIA AND REGIONAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
WEST VIRGINIA STATE ARCHIVES
WEST VIRGINIA STATE ARCHIVES, JAMES RANDALL COLLECTION
WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
WILLIAM GLADSTONE COLLECTION
Additional Music:
"OLD MAN BLUES"
WRITTEN BY EDWARD KENNEDY ELLINGTON & IRVING MILLS
PERFORMED BY THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT MUSIC
"I'M SO GLAD I KNOW/ WONDERFUL JESUS"
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL
PERFORMED BY BISHOP T.D. JAKES & THE POTTER'S HOUSE MASS CHOIR
PUBLIC DOMAIN, PUBLISHER UNKNOWN
"WE'RE MARCHING TO ZION"
WRITTEN BY ISSAC WATTS & ROBERT LOWRY
PERFORMED BY THE ELAM BAPTIST SENIOR CHOIR
PUBLIC DOMAIN
PUBLISHER UNKNOWN
"I WANNA PRAISE THE LORD WHILE I HAVE THE CHANCE"
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL
PERFORMED BY THE ELAM BAPTIST SENIOR CHOIR
PUBLIC DOMAIN
PUBLISHER UNKNOWN
"KANA YA"
MOVEMENT 1
FROM ALBUM "AFRICA YAYA"
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY WYZA
COURTESY OF MSABA RECORDS IN BRAZIL
"KANA YA"
MOVEMENT 6
FROM ALBUM "AFRICA YAYA"
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY WYZA
COURTESY OF MSABA RECORDS IN BRAZIL
Thanks to:
ABBY WOLF-MENZEL
AFFYMETRIX
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
ALACHUA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, FLORIDA
ALLEGANY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MARYLAND
ALLEGANY COUNTY LIBRARY, MARYLAND
ALPHONSE FLETCHER, JR.
AL-TONY GILMORE
ANGELA DE LEON
ANGELA HORNSBY
ANICETO DO AMARAL GOURGEL
ANTHONY FRUDAKIS, DNAPRINT GENOMICS
ANTÓNIO TOMÁS
BENNETT ASHLEY
BENNETT GREENSPAN
BERT ELY
BETTY STEPHENS
BISHOP T.D. JAKES AND THE POTTER'S HOUSE MASS CHOIR
BRUCE JACKSON
CAMERON LEADER-PICONE
CANTER BROWN
CARLA MARTIN
CASPER GRATHWOHL
CITY OF NEW YORK MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR FILM & TELEVISION
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVE
CYNTHIA LURRY
DAVID ELTIS
DAWNE D. LINDSEY
DENNIS DICKERSON
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
DOLORES GATES THOMPSON
DR. PAUL EDWARD GATES
DR. RUDOLPH BYRD
EDWIN COPELAND
ELAM BAPTIST CHURCH & THE ELAM BAPTIST SENIOR CHOIR
ELIZABETH CLARK-LEWIS
ELVIN MONTGOMERY, JR.
EVELYN BROOKS HIGGINBOTHAM
EVELYNN HAMMONDS
FATIMAH JACKSON
FLAT ROCK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
FRANK PEARL
FREEDMEN AND SOUTHERN SOCIETY PROJECT
GARY BARTIK
GEORGE A. SMATHERS LIBRARIES
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
GERALD BENDER
GERRY TAYLOR
GILCHRIST GALLERY
GINA PAIGE, AFRICAN ANCESTRY
GISELLE JACKSON
GLORIA CARPENTER
GLORIA JONES
GRETE VIDDAL
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
HENRY FINDER
HENRY LOUIS GATES, SR.
HIS EXCELLENCY ISMAEL GASPAR MARTINS
HONOR WOODWARD
HOWARD DODSON
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
J.K. 'BUDDY' IRBY
JAMIE WILSON
JASON SOKOL
JIM CROW MUSEUM OF RACIST MEMORABILIA, FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
JIM CUSICK
JOANNA LIPPER
JOANNE KENDALL
JOHN COPELAND
JOHN GATES
JOHN K. THORNTON
JOHN TABB
JOHNNY WAITS
JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
JUDY LEDBETTER
KAREN DALTON
KAREN SIM
KAROL EWING
KATHERINE ESTERS
KIM HOPPE
LANCE TURNER
LAURA BROWN
LAURA DIACHENKO
LAURA MURPHY
LESLIE ROWLAND
LEWIS LEIGH, JR
LINDA M. HEYWOOD
LISA POOLER
LUCIE MCNEIL, THE GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT
LYNN NESBIT
MARK SHRIVER
MARTIN JONES
MARY ANNE BOELCSKEVY
MARY KAY EVANS
MARY TUCKER
MAX GRIVNO
MEGHAN HEALY
MIA BAGNERIS
MICHAEL JEFFRIES
MIGUEL HURST
NARA
OLD COURT HOUSE MUSEUM
PATTY MONTAGUE
PAUL EDWARD GATES
PAULA WRIGHT
PEDRO LUKOMBO
PENINSULA HOTEL
PETER FORSTER
REGINALD PITTS
REGINALD WASHINGTON
RICK KITTLES
ROBERT STAPLETON
RON TIPPE
ROSA CRUZ E SILVA
RUDOLPH BYRD
SAM EWING
SHELDON BOND
SHIRLEY MCDANIEL
SONYA COPELAND
SORENSON GENOMICS
SPENCER WELLS
STAFF OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF ANGOLA
STAFF OF THE NATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM, ANGOLA
TERRI OLIVER
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
THE MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THOMAS DAVIDSON, JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION
TIM BINGAMAN
TINA BENNETT
TINA BENNETT
TOM COPELAND
TONY BURROUGHS
TROY DUNN
TZELL TRAVEL
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
VILLAGE OF KISSAKO, MALANJE, ANGOLA
VINCENT BROWN
WERNER SOLLORS
WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY
Special thanks to
AUDREY JONES
CARLY UBERSOX
CAROLYN MILLER
DAVIDA RICE
DEBBORAH FOREMAN
GLORIOUS WATTS
INGRID SAUNDERS JONES
JACQUELINE JAKES
MELODY MCDOWELL
MY FAMILY, INC.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
RYLYN DEMARIS
SHANNON MCCANDLESS
TOM LEONARDIS
WENDY ANGUS
WHOOP, INC.
A Production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET New York
2006 Kunhardt Productions, Inc., Educational Broadcasting Corporation, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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WEB CREDITS
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PRODUCTION AND CONTENT
Michael Berk, Producer
Ariel Jacobs, Production Assistant
Diana Cofresí-Terrero, Production Coordinator
Brian Brunius, Director of Production
TECHNICAL STAFF
Brian Lee, Technical Director
Brian Santalone, HTML Implementation
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DESIGN
Sabina Daley, Art Director
Ying Zhao-Hudson, Production Artist
WRITERS
Shebana Coehlo
Kelly Quinn
Special Thanks
Jane Ailes
Johni Cerny
Wes Conard, Affymetrix
Michael Darden, AfricanAncestry.com
Anthony Frudakis, DNAPrint Genomics
Rick Kittles
Mark Shriver
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LESSON PLANS
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