Full Credits
A Gigantic Pictures / Noruz Films Production
A film by Ramin Bahrani
If Dreams Were Lightning:
Rural Healthcare Crisis
For my father
Dr. Khosrow Bahrani
Written and Directed by
Ramin Bahrani
Produced by
Pamela Ryan
Jason Orans
Ramin Bahrani
Executive Producers
Brian Devine
Brooke Devine
Executive Producers
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Supervising Producer
Michael Ehrenzweig
Consulting Producer for ITVS
Jannet Nuñez
Co-Producers
Amy Leigh Hubbard
Summer Shelton
Director of Photography
Adam Stone
Additional Cinematography by
Zachary Levy
Kenneth Ortiz
Edited by
Lilli Janney
Music by
T. Griffin
First Assistant Camera
Vernon Rudolph
Donald R. Monroe
Production Sound Mixers
Scott Minor
Westley Moore
Production Coordinator
Lu Robinson
Post-Production Supervisor
Jeff Spivack
Production Assistants
Ashley Shelton
Madelyn Vagott
Peg Hambright
Additional Editing by
Alex Camilleri
Assistant Editor
Min Dai
Sound Supervisor and Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Paul
Dialogue and Sound Effects Editor
Rusty Dunn
ADR Mixer
Andres E. Marthe
Post Producer
Kevin Wilson
Re-recording Mix Technician
Nathan Hasz
Colorist
Jane Tolmachyov
Senior Conform Editor
Twain Richardson
DI Assist
Dan Dragicevich
Data I/O Manager
Aaron Kelly-Penso
DI Producer
Wade Rudolph
Conform Editor
Dean Karoliszyn
VFX
Josh DePew
Production Locations
Buck's Jellico Hardware
Harp Funeral Home
Old Historic Harriman Hospital
Pine Grove Freewill Baptist Church
Archival Stills And Footage Provided By
Antonio Zambardino * A/V Geeks * Ben Childers Photography * The North East Coal Rush, Progress '82, Reference number AM1553-8-S10-: MI-283, provided by The City of Vancouver Archives * Clark Hodgin * Curren Sheldon * Danny and Melanie Sturgill * Footage Farm, Ltd *
The Last Pony Mine by Les Benedict, provided by the Iowa State University Special Collection and University Archives Audiovisual Collection, licensed under CC BY 3.0 * James Meadors * John Alger * Kevin The Custodian Ghost Hunter * Linda Sheckles and Teresa Daniel * Mack Kiser * Marty Bowlin * Mountain Roots Productions * Urban Ghosts Urban Exploration
Lyric from "Angel from Montgomery"
written by John Prine
courtesy of The Prine Family, The Estate of John Prine, and Oh Boy Records
“Angel from Montgomery”
Performed by John Prine
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Special Thanks
Rebecca Barton
Tonia Brookman and Christina Brookman
Timothy “Josh” Claiborne
Caitlin Colford
Laura Dean
Dylan Fox
The Health Wagon
Alana Hess and Donna Crabtree
Historic Rugby, TN
Victoria Hood-Wells
Lay's Hardware Center for the Arts
Leandra Raquel Gray
Little Deuce Scoop Diner
Sister Mariana Koonce, RSM
Bert Loupe
Mayor E.L. Morton
Mayor Dwight Osborn
Remote Area Medical
Dr. Lovie Stallworth
Fiscal Sponsorship Provided by
FiLM iNDEPENDENT
If Dreams Were Lightning Funding Provided by
The Rogovy Foundation
Original Series Funding Provided By
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Ford Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis is a co-production of El Dorado Film, LLC, GIGANTIC PICTURES, NORUZ FILMS, and ITVS, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
This program was produced by El Dorado Film, LLC which is solely responsible for its content.
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