A Film by
Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly
Produced and Directed by
Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly
Executive Producers
Justine Nagan
Gordon Quinn
Andrew W. Schwertfeger
Editor
Leslie Simmer
Written by
Anne de Mare
Kirsten Kelly
Leslie Simmer
Cinematography
Anne de Mare
Kirsten Kelly
Original Music
Greg Kalember
Co-Producer
Katie Taber
Associate Producers
Jennifer Greenfield
Tristan Hanson
Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
Mary Jan Pories
Julie Smolyansky
Will Thwaites
Contributing Editor
Cheree Dillon
Sound Design and Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Frank
Color
Jim Morrissette
Location Sound
Derek Hanson
John Mathie
Zak Piper
Rich Pooler
Additional Camera
Dinesh Sabu
Samuel J. Vega
Keith Walker
Tony Williams
Production Assistants
Bea Bosco
Matt Hawkins
Joel Moritz
Still Photography
Will Thwaites
Samuel J. Vega
Tony Williams
Titles and Graphics
Dizzy Giant
Original Music Produced and Recorded by
Sonic Highway Music & Sound
Assistant Editors
Hillary Bachelder
Philipp Batta
Lauren Callaghan
Brian Gersten
Ryan Gleeson
Carlos Rojas
Alanna Schmelter
Assistant Sound Effects Mixer
Gaelan Mullins
Technical Advisors
Jim Morrissette
Sandy Patch
Post Production
Hillary Bachelder
Ryan Gleeson
Nora Gully
Matt Lauterbach
Mastering
Final Frame
Fair Use Consultant
Peter Jaszi
Transcription
Madeline Field
Rachel Glass
Haley Rose Martin
Thomas Mathew
Aniluz Mercedes
Julianna Nunez
Rachel Rozycki
Kristen Zelenka
Translation
Rachel Dickson
Research
Aniluz Mercedes
Advisors
Kate Amend
Carol Dysinger
Tom Haneke
Victor Livingston
Cara Mertes
Robb Moss
Jean Tsien
Kartemquin Films Director of Communications and Distribution
Tim Horsburgh
Impact Producer
Erin Sorenson
Impact Campaign Management
Picture Motion
Grant Writing
Bea Bosco
Chicago Outreach Coordinator
Dawn Dewald
Kartemquin Films Director of Finance and Operations
Suzanne Niemoth
Kartemquin Films Finance
Yvonne Afable
Maria Galent
Marriah Kern
Christine Mcalonan
Alex Stein
Spargel Productions Accountant
Jerome Adler
Additional Kartemquin Films Staff
Tamara Fouche
Alison Hanold
Beckie Stocchetti
Hamlet Production
Music and Sound Design: Lindsay Jones and James Savage
Fight Choreographer: Matt Hawkins
Lighting Design: Joel Moritz
Costume Design: Robert Kuhn
Additional Footage
Fox 32 News
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Boondocks
Sony Digital Productions
Wii Sports Nintendo
Archival Footage
“Little Prince” Video Montage Courtesy of Anthony Lynch
Music
“Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1”
Composed by Edward Elgar
Published by Perfect Solution Music
Provided by Quantum Music Works
Incidental Music
“Jamming”
Written by Bob Marley
Performed by Bob Marley and The Wailers
“Under Ground Kings”
Written by Aubrey Drake Graham,
Tyler Williams, Noah James Shebib
“Did It on ‘Em”
Written by Shondrae L. Crawford, Justin Ellington, Onika Tanya Maraj, Safaree Lloyd Samuels
Performed by Nicki Minaj
“Blame It on the Boogie”
Written by Michael George Jackson, David Jackson, Elmar Krohn
Featuring
Dr. Ozella Barnes • Jake Bradley • Kalvin Fortenberry
Anthony Lynch • Maria Rivera • Roque Sanchez
Pat Scott • Angeline “Kasey” White
Special Thanks to
Jenny Avery
Tracy Baim
BritDocs
Amy Carle
CPS Shakespeare! Hamlet
Chapin Hall at The University of Chicago
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Chicago HOPES
Chicago Media Partners
Chicago Public Schools’ Students in Temporary Living Situations
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Scott Duff
Maria Finitzo
Michael Fosberg
Paula Froehle
GoodPitch Chicago
Marilyn Halperin
Paul Hamann
Jon Hornbacher
Ken Hunter
Steve James
Liz Kaar
The Kartemquin Films Interns
Alex Kotlowitz
La Casa Norte
Lake View Lutheran Church
Jack Lawhon
Lefkofsky Family Foundation
Jonathan Lester
Brad Lichtenstein
Jeri Lynch Linas
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
National Network for Youth
The Night Ministry’s The Crib
One Heart One Soul
Percy L. Julian High School
Prosser Career Academy
Bobby Rivera
Rush Medical Center
Sandra Shimon
David E. Simpson
Chris Smith
John Stovkis
True Colors Fund’s Forty to None Project
Teen Living Programs
Year Up Chicago
Supervising Producer for ITVS
Richard O’Connell
Executive Producer for ITVS
Sally Jo Fifer
Funding Provided by
MacArthur Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Polk Bros. Foundation
Sundance Institute
Baskin Family Foundation
Chicken and Egg Pictures
Denny and Sandy Cummings
Pierce Family Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation
Vicki and Bruce Heyman – GS Gives
David and Sandy Kollmorgen
Ellen Fox
Barney and Nancy Straus
Kat White
Mullen Family Foundation
The Woods Fund
A complete list available from PBS.
The Homestretch is a co-production of Spargel Productions LLC,
Kartemquin Educational Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS),
with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
This film was produced by Spargel Productions and Kartemquin Films
who are solely responsible for its content.
© 2014 Spargel Productions and Kartemquin Films