Full Credits
In Loving Memory of
Keewan Curvey
Monica Roberts
Ramona J. Wilson
Director
Daresha Kyi
Producers
Laura Tatham
Daresha Kyi
Executive Producers
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Patty Quillin
Scotch Ellis Loring
Chris Panizzon
Kathryn M. Moseley
Tiffany Boyle
Elsa Ramo
Supervising Producer
Michael Ehrenzweig
Director of Photography
Amy Bench
Editors
Hajer S. I. Salem
Kelly Creedon
Co-Editor
Iliana Garcia
Original Music by
Gil Talmi
Associate Producers
Lois Saint-Jacques
Artemis Fannin
Featuring (in alphabetical order)
Parker Cunningham
Sara Cunningham
Liz Dyer
Tenita Lewis Artry
Shadae Miles
Terrell Morris
Timothy "TJ" Morris
Esther Kai Shappley
Kaleb Shappley
Kimberly Shappley
Tammi Terrell Morris
Appearances
Laura Bethany Buchleiter
Tabatha Castillo
Marlee Castillo
Ashlynn Cox
Rex Cunningham
Rachel Gonzales
Linda and Rob Robertson
Maleea Shaver Castillo
Lou Weaver
Consulting Editors
Carla Gutierrez
Juli Vizza
Consulting Producer
Maximina Juson
Sound Recordists
Salah Anwar
Khalif Breaux
Kollin Brinkerhoff
Lee Caffee
Leartis Davis
Randy Dzielak
Brian Galyean
Vlady Garcia
Justin Gay
Brian Gililland
Rich Hamilton
John Marshall
Reza Moosavi
Martin Pedersen
Frankie Richards
J.R. Rodriguez
Paul Toohey
Ryan Kip Wilkin
Andy Yip
Additional Camera
James "Tiago" Bertrand
Shelby Coley
Amber Fares
Chelsea Hernandez
Alexxiss Jackson
Jen White
Assistant Editors
Devon Harding
Brian Alexander
Leartis Davis
Production Assistants
Sharon Arteaga
Jacob Brewer
Cecelia Gay
Russell Revis
Emily Rizzo
Brooklynn White
Interns
Ciara Franklin
Gabrielle Morse
Motion Graphics and Title Design
Mariah Marasco
Post Production Facility
Moonshine Post Production
Audio Post Facility
Bare Knuckles Creative
Legal Services Provided by
Justine Jacob
Cecilia Mao
Advisors
Cary Cronenwett
Shaleece Haas
Molly Kaplan
Yvonne Welbon
Archival Stills and Footage Provided by
AC213C/Pond5 *American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) *Attrell/Pond5 *Kathie Bender *BlackBoxGuild/Pond5 *Laura Bethany Buchleiter *Beth Carter *cm2012/Pond5 *Sara Cunningham *DCnewsfootage/Pond5 *Heather Diaz *DogPhonics/Pond5 *Equality Texas Ann Grimes *Tenita Lewis Artry *Chris López *Amy Lowe *mancromedia/Pond5 *MattGush/Pond5 *Christine Mauer *Patty Meriwether *Chelsa Nunn Morrison *orbitrob/Pond5 *Cathy Pattat *PeskyMonkey/Pond5 * Teresa Poston *randytravismedia/Pond5 *The Reformation Project & Buck Sommerkamp and John Yuelkenbeck at Alias Creative Group, Kansas City *Linda Robertson *Courteney Sciortino *Kimberly Shappley *Karyn Teed *Tammi Terrell Morris *Angel Vincent * Lou Weaver
Score Producer and Piano
Gil Talmi
Music Supervision
Andrew Gross
Music Editor
Maddy Rose Weisman
Additional Music Courtesy of
Konsonant Music
“The Mountain”
Words and Music by Parker Cunningham
Special Thanks
Marsha Aizumi
Deja Lynn Alvarez
Roy A. Blankenship
Marge Candler
Cathedral of Hope
Susan Cottrell
Nick Fierro
Matthew Fricks
Reverend Dr. David P. Gushee
Angela Hale
Jen Hatmaker
Kelly Holiday
Katrina Kalb
Kenneth P. Kendrick
Clarissa Lushaj
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Reverend Stan Mitchell
Robbin Ramseur
Erin Ritter
Jeffery Ruddell
Chuck and Wade Smith
Elise and Tom Tatham
Reverend Dr. Neil G. Thomas
Brett Trapp Harman
Sung Tse
Matthew Vines
John Wallace
Reverend Ray Waters
Wilshire Baptist Church
Martin Yudizky
Fiscal Sponsor
Third World Newsreel
Production Assistance Provided by
Breaking Through the Lens
Cucalorus Works-In-Progress Lab
Film at Lincoln Center's Artist Academy
Film Independent Documentary Lab
Film Independent Fast Track Financing Market
Sheffield MeetMarket
Women In Film (WIF) & Sundance Institute Financing and Strategy Intensive
Mama Bears Funding Provided by
International Documentary Association (IDA) Enterprise Fund
Creative Capital Foundation
James Parsons and Todd Spiewak
Perspective Fund
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Southern Documentary Fund
Firelight Media - Next Step Fund
A Blade of Grass
Ronald Ashford
Abigail Norman
Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation
Tara L. Leaman
Carol M. Woods
Guy Branum
Yaz Hernandez
And others, a complete list is available from PBS.
Original Series Funding Provided by
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
Ford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Mama Bears is a co-production of MAMA BEARS DOCUMENTARY LLC and ITVS, with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB), in association with Chicken & Egg Pictures.
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