Filmmakers
Above the lineAD
Director
Ava DuVernay
SA
Screenplay
Spencer Averick
Writer
AD
Screenplay
Ava DuVernay
Writer
KK
Cinematography
Kira Kelly
Director of Photography
HC
Cinematography
Hans Charles
Director of Photography
SA
Editing
Spencer Averick
Editor
JM
Music
Jason Moran
Original Music Composer
Cast
32JC
Jelani Cobb
Self
AD
Angela Davis
Self
HJ
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self
MA
Michelle Alexander
Self
CB
Cory Booker
Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
MG
Marie Gottschalk
Self
MH
Michael Hough
Self
GC
Gina Clayton
Self
DK
David Keene
Self
JK
James Kilgore
Self
BS
Bryan Stevenson
Self
NT
Nicholas Turner
Self
JH
John Hagan
Self
VJ
Van Jones
Self
BO
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
BC
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
JC
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
GB
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
DT
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
GB
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
HC
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
MJ
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
MX
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
LJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
RN
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
NR
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
RR
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
GF
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)
MD
Michael Dukakis
Self (archive footage)
BS
Bernie Sanders
Self (archive footage)
DD
David Dinkins
Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
AS
Assata Shakur
Self (archive footage)
Departments
13Production
- Angus WallExecutive Producer
- Adam Del DeoExecutive Producer
- Lisa NishimuraExecutive Producer
- Ava DuVernayProducer
- Spencer AverickProducer
- Howard BarishProducer
Sound
- Julie PearceMusic Editor
- Lise RichardsonMusic Editor
- Karriem RigginsMusician
- Craig HenighanSound Mixer
- Jeffrey PerkinsSound Re-Recording Mixer
Crew
- Oprah WinfreyThanks
- David OyelowoThanks