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CREDITS

EPISODE 1: THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

NARRATED BY
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, and DIRECTED BY
Graham Townsley

EDITED BY
Brian Millard

SUPERVISING PRODUCER
Bill Morgan

ARCHIVAL PRODUCER
Christine Hayley

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
Jongnic Bontemps

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Lauren Jackson

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Neil Barrett
Michael Barry
Jesse Goldberg
Allie Humenuk
Tom Kauffman

CONSULTING PRODUCER
Laurens Grant

RESEARCH
Zoe Coaucoud

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Christine Hayley

SOUND RECORDISTS
Eli Swenson
Anthony Smith
Scott Lynam
Phil Kerr

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Dirk Dupre

POST PRODUCTION SERVICES 
The OutPost

ONLINE EDITOR
David Bigelow

SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan

POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Deb Holland

ARCHIVAL
Alamy
Carnegie Mellon University
Embark Trucks
Getty Images
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
National Archives and Records Administration
NOVA/GBH Archives
PBS Frontline
Pond5
Shutterstock
TaskRabbit

SPECIAL THANKS
The United States Department of Defense
Bryant Hospital
Greg Tehven
Ariel Rothbard
Joel Reed

SERIES ADVISOR 
Thomas Kochan

ARTE FRANCE 

Unité Société et Culture
Fabrice Puchault

Chargé de programmes
Mark Edwards

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Peter Norton

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Pamela Gaudiano

DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PROJECT FINANCE
Tobee Phipps

BUSINESS MANAGER
Jonathan Trimby

UNIT MANAGER
Michael Yue

PRODUCTION FINANCE
Evan Mehler

PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Mabella Barnor

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Emily Frazee

INTERN
Kristen Chin

DIGITAL
Anna Fort
Meredith Nierman

SOCIAL MEDIA
Tory Starr
Zack Waldman

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND STATION MARKETING
Jeffrey Elias 
Bara Levin
Sean McLean 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The Kindling Group

LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Raven Smith

ORIGINAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Rockefeller Foundation 
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The James Irvine Foundation 
Ford Foundation

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Salme López Sabina

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Laurie Donnelly

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Denise DiIanni

This program is a production of Shining Red Productions, Inc., in association with ARTE France for GBH Studio Six, which is solely responsible for its content.

©2021 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved. 

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EPISODE 2: FUTUREPROOF

NARRATED BY
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe

PRODUCED BY
Kelly Thomson

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Llewellyn M. Smith

EDITED BY
Mark Dugas

ARCHIVAL PRODUCER & ASSISTANT EDITOR
Franziska Blome

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
Jongnic Bontemps

MUSIC COORDINATOR
DeAndre James Allen-Toole

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nikki Bramley

ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Christopher D. Albert 
Michael Barry 
Joshua Cheng 
Jazz Franklin
Diego Gerena-Quiñones
Damon Hennessey
Thomas Kaufman 
André Labous
Juan Lopez
Bron Moyi
Shoaib Noormohammad
Zack Santagate
Daniel Traub
Zheng Yi

SOUND RECORDISTS
Jose W. Araujo 
Jeremiah Gray
Michael Kelley 
Keith McManus
Roger Phenix
Richard Pooler
Derek Rocque
Joel Tower
Li Shuo

ASSISTANT CAMERA
Gregory Brutus
Brooke Greenberg

ANIMATION
BigStar

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Hannah Loss

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
DeAndre Allen-Toole 
P. Andrew Willis 
William Ryan Fritch

MUSICIAN
Jarrett Johnson

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANTS
LeAnn Lewis
Isabella Purcell
Harriet Sheets

MAKE-UP
Lorrie Pearson

ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY
DeAndre Allen-Toole

POST PRODUCTION SERVICES
The OutPost

ONLINE EDITOR
David Bigelow

SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan

Post Production Assistant
Deb Holland

ARCHIVAL
Alamy Stock Photo
Balanced Energy, Inc.
Embark Trucks
EvergreenHealth
Getty Images
iStock Photo
NASA/Glenn Research Center  
NOVA/GBH Archives
PBS Frontline
Pond5
Providence Health System
Shutterstock
United Auto Workers
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

SPECIAL THANKS TO
The United States Department of Defense

Eliza Margarita Bates 
Kristen Casey
Kim Diehl 
Dallas Drietz
Veena Dubal 
Zach Hambrick 
Katheryn Hayes 
Anita Huang 
Tina Janczura 
LogMeIn 
Matt McCall 
Michelle Micor
Fred Oswald 
Benjamin I. Sachs 
Juan Salgado 
Stephen Scalise
Alexis Tabor

SERIES ADVISOR 
Thomas Kochan
 
ARTE FRANCE

Unité Société et Culture
Fabrice Puchault

Chargé de programmes
Mark Edwards
 
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Peter Norton

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Pamela Gaudiano

DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PROJECT FINANCE
Tobee Phipps

BUSINESS MANAGER
Jonathan Trimby

UNIT MANAGER
Michael Yue

PRODUCTION FINANCE
Evan Mehler

PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Mabella Barnor

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Emily Frazee

INTERN
Kristen Chin

DIGITAL
Anna Fort
Meredith Nierman

SOCIAL MEDIA
Tory Starr
Zack Waldman

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND STATION MARKETING
Jeffrey Elias 
Bara Levin
Sean McLean 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The Kindling Group

LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Raven Smith

ORIGINAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Rockefeller Foundation 
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The James Irvine Foundation 
Ford Foundation

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Salme López Sabina

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Laurie Donnelly

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Denise DiIanni

This program is a production of Shining Red Productions, Inc., in association with ARTE France for GBH Studio Six, which is solely responsible for its content.

©2021 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved. 

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EPISODE 3: CHANGING WORK, CHANGING WORKERS

NARRATED BY
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe

EDITED BY
Cliff Birbrower

WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY
Laurens Grant

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
Jongnic Bontemps

ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY
DeAndre Allen-Toole

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and ARCHIVAL PRODUCER
Richard T. Fields

PRODUCTION RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Stevi Carter

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Jack Caplan

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christopher D. Albert
Rick Butler
Ryan Day
Tom Donatelli
Josh Hansbrough
Benjamin Hoste
Thomas Kaufman
Elia Lyssy
Valeria Myroneko
Curt Pair
Ethan Pisz
Antonio Rossi
Samuel Russell
Cory Wright

ASSISTANT CAMERA
Gregory Brutus
Jonathan Olive

SOUND RECORDISTS
Franz Brun
Darrell Chan
Lauretta Molitor
JT Takagi

POST PRODUCTION SERVICES 
The OutPost

ONLINE EDITOR
David Bigelow

SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan

ARCHIVAL
The Diigitals
Fashionography
Getty Images
Pond 5
Erick Prince-Heaggans
Shutterstock
WAYE Talks

SPECIAL THANKS
Ben Anderson
Nicholas A. Bloom
Paul Brierley
Rhonalyn Cabello
Amy Castro
Reetika Dhawan
Dan Doty
Sascha Lewis
Stacia Martin-West
Tim Moon
Rebekah Osgood
Visit Yuma

ANIMATION
BigStar

ADVISOR
Thomas Kochan

ARTE FRANCE

Unité Société et Culture
Fabrice Puchault

Chargé de programmes
Mark Edwards
 
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Peter Norton

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Pamela Gaudiano

DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PROJECT FINANCE
Tobee Phipps

BUSINESS MANAGER
Jonathan Trimby

UNIT MANAGER
Michael Yue

PRODUCTION FINANCE
Evan Mehler

PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Mabella Barnor

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Emily Frazee

INTERN
Kristen Chin

DIGITAL
Anna Fort
Meredith Nierman

SOCIAL MEDIA
Tory Starr
Zack Waldman

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND STATION MARKETING
Jeffrey Elias 
Bara Levin
Sean McLean 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The Kindling Group

LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Raven Smith

ORIGINAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Rockefeller Foundation 
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The James Irvine Foundation 
Ford Foundation

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Salme López Sabina

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Laurie Donnelly

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Denise DiIanni

This program is a production of Shining Red Productions, Inc., in association with ARTE France for GBH Studio Six, which is solely responsible for its content.

©2021 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved. 

GBH logo