About: Credits
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Design, Development and Production
Kevin Crowley
Chris Ege
Anne Gleason
Jenny Macchione
John Ritterbush
Mike Scipioni
Executive Producer
Anne Gleason
Content Producers
Shelley Spencer
Raul Silva
Interns
Natalie Battle
Oona Dicker
Catherine Endeley
Monica Orbe
Research Intern
Lindsay Miller
Television Documentary
Produced by
Barbara E. Allen
Daniel Andries
Written by
Gail F. Baker, Ph.D.
Barbara E. Allen
Daniel Andries
Hosted by
Kellita Smith
Music Composed by
Orbert Davis
Camera
Tim Boyd
Editor
Barbara E. Allen
Associate Producer
Charceana J. Williams
Assistant Producer
Keisha Chavers
Research
Wendi E. Hill
Shelley Spencer
Lighting
Tom Godar
Dan Rozkuzska
Motion Control Camera
Carlos Tronshaw
Art Director
Linda Fox
Graphic Artist
Margalit Neusner
Field Engineer in Charge
Dave Moyer
Los Angeles Crew
Camera
Tommy Maddox
Lighting
Christian Epps
Productions Assistants
Evan Allen-Gessesse
Brad Bischoff
Felicia E. Davis
Starr Page
Calvin Standifer, Jr.
Additional Production Support
Sara Medlin
Video Effects
Video Replay
Photographer
Louis Byrd, III
Production Interns
Pattilyn N. Beals
Lauren R. Ellington
Zack Issacs
Lungelo Kuzwayo
Tasha F. Neumeister
Alma Willis
Additional Camera
Mike Prendergast
Tom Siegel
Additional Editor
Paul Thornton
Additional Photographer
Ray Baker
Make-up Artist
Amy Spagnoli
Telona Williams
Post Production Engineer in Charge
Don DeMartini
Facilities Manager
Mike Lorentz
Publicist
Shaunese Teamer
Legal
Jerry Glover
Actors
Sam Dyer
Olga Natividad
Morocco Omari
Casting
Sharon King Casting Agency
Costumes
Broadway Costumes
Charleen Willoughby
Costume Director
Michael A. Stein
Musicians
Orbert Davis
Nicole Mitchell
Ari Brown
Steve Eisen
Michael Salter
Anna Najoom
Henry Salgado
Sylvia de la Cerna
Talia Pavia
Lynn LaPlante
Ann Griffin
Jeremy Kahn
Willie Pickens
Stewart Miller
Ron Hall
Ernie Adams
David Clarke
Soundtrack Recording Produced by
Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram for Orbark Productions, LLC
Recorded and mixed by Roger Heiss at Tone Zone Recording, Chicago
"Off In Chicago" Performed By J. Ivy, Tarrey Torae and Zzaje'
Written by James Ivy Richardson, Mechalie Jamison and Tarrey Torae Richardson
Copyright 2010 Ivyous Entertainment, LLC
"Going to Chicago"
Performed by Chicago Jazz Philharmonic and Terisa Griffin
Written by William "Count" Basie and Jimmy Rushing
Copyright WB Music Corp.
"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
Performed by Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Written by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
Hotel Accommodations
Belden-Stratford Hotel
Seneca Hotel
Additional Funding Provided by:
John and Caroline Ballantine
Deone Jackman and Eugene Goldwasser
Nathalie Johnson
Gwendolyn B. King
Loop Capital Markets
Mrs. Joan M. Pilot
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome R. Rotter
The Teamer Family
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey
R. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Turner
Marylene S. Whitehead
Lisa G. Williams
Research and Archival Materials
Carter G. Woodson Regional Library
DuSable Museum of African American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archivists
Beverly Ann Cook
Michael Flug
Robert Miller
Produced in Association with the Chicago Defender
Produced in Association with the Chicago History Museum
Produced in Association with the DuSable Museum of African American History
Additional Footage
Howard Alk
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
Blackside, Inc.
Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.
Michael Chess
Keevil Films
George King
Bob Lucas
Mike Gray
Curtis Mayfield
Fred McDonald
Middle Passage Productions, Inc.
Mike Shea Films
Museum of Broadcast Communications
National Archives and Records Administration
National Technical Information Service Library of Congress
Beverly A. Reed-Scott
Col.
Eugene F. Scott
Ziff Sistrunk
UCLA
University of Mississippi
WMAQ NBC 5
The WPA Film Library
Archival Materials
Monroe Anderson
Black Ensemble Theater
Carol Moseley-Braun
David E. Brown
Thomas J. Burrell
Chaka Khan Enterprises
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Tribune
© Bettman CORBIS
Daily Herald
Vernon Guider
Collection
Tyrone Haymore
Vivian Harsh Collection
© Antonio Dickey
Ebony/Jet
Estate of Emmett Till
Frankie Knuckles
Library of Congress
LIFE
Annie E. Oliver Family Collection
Om Productions
AJ Parker
Gordon Parks Foundation
Useni Eugene Perkins
Julia Perkins
The Provident Foundation
© Marc PoKempner
National Archives and Records Administration
Robbins History Museum
Reginald Robinson
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Southside Community Art Center
Dr. Christopher Reed
Herman Roberts
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Robert Bobby Sengstacke
Jackie Taylor
Nathan Thompson
Glennette Tilley Turner
Wall of Respect Photos
-Mark Rogovin
University of Minnesota
- Katz Family YMCA Archives
Kevin Watson
Dr. Conrad Worrill
WVON
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
James
Van der Zee
Special Thanks
Rose B. Allen
Keaton "Kidist" Allen-Gessesse
Donald Andries
Dorothy Andries
John and Caroline Ballantine
David C. Blowers
Norman R. Bobins
Eric J. Brown
Natasha Brown
Cecilia Butler
Ramsey Carey
Beverly
Coppage
Chicago State University
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Urban League
Frank M. Clark
Lee Concha
Brendon Cosgrove
Amandillo Cousin
Crain's Chicago Business
Carol A. Davis
Denis Elmina Davis
Vera Davis
Vanessa F. Dennis
Amina Dickerson
Sandra Aya Enimil
eta Creative Arts Foundation, Inc.
Michael A. Foster
Louise Frank
Jennifer Garcia
Terry Glover
Bridget Goins
Daniel Goldberg
William Goodlet
Carmella Grady
Pam Greyer
Judy Grimanis
Lillian Guider
Vincent Guider
Joy Henderson
Barbara Kensey
Sharon King
Merrillyn J. Kosier
Kitty Kurth
Raqi Lopez
Loyola Marymount University
Catherine Lynch
Special Thanks (cont.)
Marine Math and Science Academy
Viola Mason
Anna McCoy
Cary McMillan
Rick Micrut
Melody Morgan
Ron Norinsky
Northeastern Illinois
University
- The Carruther's Center for Inner City Studies
- Campus Recreation
Anne Northrup
Isabella & Elliot
Northwestern University
Rose Perkins
Ron Pitts
Dan Protess
Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition
Sandra and Timothy Rand
Wilma Randle
David Roman
Jada Russell
Nicholas Santore
Sara Sayigh
Jay Shefsky
Gilda Sheppard
Alex Silets
Jay Smith
Marie Smith
Officer Robert Smith
Matthew
Specht
Charles Swanson
Melinda Synder
Rachel Sypniewski
LaTonya Taylor
Raymond Thomas
Diana Turowski
University of Chicago
University of Nebraska Omaha
- College of Communication, Fine Arts &
Media
- Department of Theater
Dr. Tracy Vaughn
Wheaton College
Renee Whitmore
Charles Williams
Jamesetta Williams
Jarvis Williams
Executive Producers
Jerry Liwanag
V.J. McAleer
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