Filmmakers
Above the lineKJ
Director
Kahlil Joseph
KJ
Screenplay
Kahlil Joseph
Writer
SH
Screenplay
Saidiya Hartman
Writer
IH
Screenplay
Irvin Hunt
Writer
OA
Screenplay
Onye Anyanwu
Writer
KC
Screenplay
Kristen Adele Calhoun
Writer
CS
Screenplay
Christina Sharpe
Writer
MF
Screenplay
Madebo Fatunde
Writer
KS
Screenplay
Kaneza Schaal
Writer
BY
Cinematography
Bradford Young
Director of Photography
KJ
Editing
Kahlil Joseph
Editor
LL
Editing
Luke Lynch
Editor
PR
Editing
Paul Rogers
Editor
K
Music
Klein
Original Music Composer
NM
Production Design
Nora Mendis
NP
Production Design
Nathan Parker
WY
Production Design
Warren Alan Young
Cast
28KS
Kaneza Schaal
Young W.E.B. Du Bois & Funmilayo Akachukwu
HG
Hope Giselle
Lady
SW
Shaunette Renée Wilson
Shayla Morris & Sarah
TO
Tony Okungbowa
The Rum Tycoon
ZC
Zora Casebere
Max
PF
Peter Jay Fernandez
W.E.B. Dubois
PJ
Penny Johnson Jerald
Shirley Graham Du Bois
JT
John Tijani
Robert
TT
Tony Tambi
Sana
AA
Ama K. Abebrese
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
NA
Noel Arthur
Desmond
AS
Alzo Slade
BLKNWS Anchor
AM
Aja Monet
Podcaster
DD
David Dontoh
Kwame Nkrumah
MD
Mohamed Dione
The Chairman
CE
Constance Ejuma
Front Desk Attendant
OS
Onyx Simpson
Onyx Aniola, Fannie's Niece & Dice Woman
BH
Bria Samoné Henderson
Fannie Lou Hamer
JH
Julanne Chidi Hill
Hattie May
VR
Victor Ramsey
Bodyguard
BV
Bronte Velez
SFF Worker
DH
Danielle E. Hawkins
Roller Skater
WS
Wole Soyinka
AA
Anas Aremeyaw Anas
SH
Saidiya Hartman
FM
Fred Moten
TW
Trifari Williams
AS
Amy Sall
Departments
17Production
- Aisha ColeyCasting
- Robina RiccitielloCo-Executive Producer
- Anikah McLarenExecutive Producer
- Steven SoderberghExecutive Producer
- David LindeExecutive Producer
- James ShaniExecutive Producer
- Kwaku Obeng BoatengLine Producer
- Kahlil JosephProducer
- Onye AnyanwuProducer
- Amy GreenleafProducer
- Nicolas GondaProducer
Camera
- Jaclyn MartinezStill Photographer
Sound
- Jacob FlackSound Designer
- Peter OsterlundSound Editor
- Brent KiserSound Supervisor
Art
- Mark LarkinArt Direction
- Naomi MunroArt Direction