Narrated by
STOCKARD CHANNING

Produced by
HILARY SIO
PETER SCHNALL

Directed by
PETER SCHNALL

Written by
JANET HESS

Editor
LISE ZUMWALT

Coordinating Producer
DENISE WILLIAMS

Associate Producer
TAMMIE RHEE

Filmed by
PETER SCHNALL

Original Music by
LENNY WILLIAMS

Researchers
HILARY SIO
TAMMIE RHEE

Additional Camera
TERRY HOPKINS
JERRY RISIUS

Sound Recordists
GLENN MARULLO
ANDREW YARME
WALLY PLUMMER
BOB TUCCILLO
GLENN MARTIN
IAN SANDS
PHIL ARNOLD

Assistant Camera
JERRY RISIUS
NICK JARDINE
RICK GIOIA
SAM KETAY
CARLO MUZI

Production Assistants
JESSICA APPLEBAUM
GUY NORBURY
THILO GRIMM
LEONORA NYE
CHRISTINA DELGADO

Interns
INNIS LAWRENCE
JULIE CRACCO
MICHELLE MARSALA

Post Production Supervisor
HANNAH KOLTUV
ELANA BLUESTINE

Assistant Editors
GREG SIRODA
THOMAS BROWN

Film Lab
COMMONWEALTH FILMS

Post Production Facility
HENNINGER CAPITOL

On-Line Editor
JEF HUEY

Colorist
DAVE MARKUN

Post Production Sound
NATIONAL SOUND

Sound Mixer
ED CAMPBELL

Sound Design
CHRISTOPHER FINA

Graphics and Special Effects
MARC CHELNIK, SHADOW LIGHT PRODUCTIONS
KEVIN PROWSE

Motion Control Camera
RALPH PITRE, CREATIVE GROUP

Legal Services
KEN WEINRIB
FRANKLIN, WEINRIB, RUDELL & VASSALLO P.C.

Production Accountant
BRIAN MINAHAN

Archival Stock Footage
Argyle Diamonds
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
De Beers Consolidated Mines
NASA
National Geographic Film Library
Thirteen/WNET New York

Archival Stills Sources
Argyle Diamonds
Cartier, Inc.
Christie's Images Ltd.
Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis
Genevieve Naylor/Corbis
Rockefeller Archive Center

Special Thanks

ARGYLE DIAMONDS
David Fardon, Manager - Sales And Marketing
Stephanie Stonier, Executive Assistant
Robyn Sermon, Public Relations
Marty Hurwitz, Mvi Marketing

DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES
Liz Lynch, Marketing Director, USA And Canada
Simon Gilbert, Diamond Information Office Executive
Brandee Dallow, J. Walter Thompson Company
Christopher Walling

Rebecca Selva, FRED LEIGHTON
Katie Adler, CHRISTIE'S AMERICAS
Catherine Fenston, CHRISTIE'S AMERICAS
Yves Ringler, CORA DIAMOND COMPANY
Alan Friedman Beverly Hills
Vanderbilt University, School of Engineering
The Versace Group
Culha Diamonds
Harry Winston, Inc.
City University of New York

For NATURE

Series Editor
JANET HESS

Supervising Producer
JANICE YOUNG

Producers
JILL CLARKE
PATTY JACOBSON

Associate Producers
IRENE TEJARATCHI
GIANNA SAVOIE

Production Secretary
KELLY LAFFERTY

Manager
EILEEN FRAHER

Production Manager
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN

Series Producer
BILL MURPHY

Executive in Charge
WILLIAM GRANT

Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN

A Production of Partisan Pictures and Thirteen/WNET New York

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