Full Credits
A Color Farm Media / Feral Films / Reversal Films Production
in association with Level Forward
A Film by Erika Alexander & Whitney Dow
In Memory Of HECKY POWELL (1949 – 2020)
Directed by ERIKA ALEXANDER & WHITNEY DOW
Produced by
BEN ARNON
XAN PARKER
ERIKA ALEXANDER
WHITNEY DOW
Executive Producers
JOY-ANN REID
JASON REID
KATY BARKSDALE
MARCO WILLIAMS
Executive Producers
ADRIENNE BECKER
DARA & JEDD CANTY
JASON DELANE LEE
YVONNE HUFF LEE
BRENT ZACHERY
Edited By
MELISSA NEIDICH
CHRISTOPHER NIZZA
Cinematography By
MARGARET BYRNE
KEVIN SHAW
KEITH WALKER
BRETT WILEY
Music By
ADRIAN YOUNGE
Line Producer
JENNIFER LATHAM
Featuring
KEVIN BROWN
ROSE CANNON
NICHOLAS CUMMINGS
RON DANIELS
MARK DYKES
WILMA DYKES
JOHN FOLEY
KAMM HOWARD
REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE
NINA KAVIN
SEBASTIAN NALLS
TINA PADEN
DINO ROBINSON
ROBIN RUE SIMMONS
CARLIS SUTTON
Associate Producers
NADINE NG
HENRIETTA DOW
LATISHA DICKERSON
Additional Editing
EMIR LEWIS
MELINDA PINECONE
Main Title Sequence
DAVID MESTER
Animation Editors
TROTTER GOLLIHAR
JOHN POULIOT
Field Producers
SOPHIA CLARK
MELINDA JACKSON
LISA POOLER
DENALI TILLER
Additional Photography
NEIL BARRETT
DANIELLE BEVERLY
WHITNEY DOW
ERIC FERNANDEZ
BRANDON HABUDA
BRIANA JOHNSON
DANA KUPPER
T.W. LI
MYCHAL MITCHELL
MICHAEL OGNISANTI
ASHLEY O’SHAY
ARIEL SANCHEZ
RAY WHITEHOUSE
Field Sound Mixer
JACOB BROWN
BAILI MARTIN
SHULING YONG
Additional Sound Mixer
OLAITAN AGUEH
BRIAN ALBRITTON
GREG BREAZEALE
BRIAN BUCKLEY
ALAN CHOW
TIMOTHY EDSON
NICOLE PHILLIPS NAYLOR
RICHARD K. POOLER
PATRICK TILLMANN
PAUL SCHMITT
HARDY WILLIS
JEREMY ZUNK
Drone Pilot
TROY WALSH
Drone Camera Operator
MYCHAL MITCHELL
Hair & Makeup
FREDERICK SANDERS
CARLTON PICASSO
Production Assistants
TEJ CHETHIK
MYLES DEMENT
ADIA IVEY
GABRIELLA JONES
JAMIL A. MANGAN
DYLAN NATHAN
MICHAEL ROMO
JAY SIMMS
Lead Assistant Editors
JORDAN AXELROD
PHILL SKOKOS
Assistant Editors
IAN BLISS
MALIQUE DANIELS
ZACHARY GRINFELD
NIKITA LIAMZINE
MARCUS SHUTRUMP
Post Production Associate
GANEESH GENUS
Rights & Clearances Producer
KEVINA TIDWELL
Archival Producer
MADELEINE LAWRENCE
Senior Archival Consultant
MEGAN GRAHAM
Colorist
CHRIS RAMEY
Post Producer
ALEX LAVIOLA
Deliverables & Quality Control
CUT + MEASURE
Dialogue Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
TOM EFINGER
Sound Designer
ABIGAIL SAVAGE
Audio Post Producer
JEFF SEELYE
Sound Studio
RED HOOK POST
Score Produced by
ADRIAN YOUNGE
Voiceovers
JASON JOHNSON
RICHARD MALMOS
ROLAND MARTIN
RACHAEL WEST
Poster Art
MICHAEL ROCK
Design Studio
2X4
Production Accountant
KELLEY TROTTER
Legal Services
MATTHEW LEFFERTS, ESQ.
Production Staff for Level Forward
ANDREA AMBAM
CATERIN CAMARGO-ALVAREZ
ROGER CLARK
JULIA DUNETZ
RACHEL GOULD
BEKAH NUTT
TRACY SMITH
RALPH STONE
Archival Footage and Stills Provided by
Alamy
Associated Press
Black Pug Films
Brian Schodorf
Critical Past
C-SPAN
eFootage
Evanston Photographic Studio
Getty Images
Nina Kavin
Rick Mohler
Pond 5
The Powell Family
Molly Riley for Reuters
Same Person Productions
Shorefront Journal
Shutterstock
Robin Rue Simmons
Southern California Public Radio
Josh Steinbauer
Streamline Films, Inc
The United Methodist Church
“We Charge Genocide,” by the Civil Rights Congress
Bob Fitch Photography Archive
Bettye Lane/Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cheriss May, for The New York Times
Herald Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library
Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Library
Kayana Szymczak, for The New York Times
Allysa Rose, Joseph Eulo, Kelly L., Life Matters, via Pexels
Dr. Ernest C. Withers, Sr., Withers Family Trust
Additional Archival Materials
11 Alive * 1hoseeman (via Youtube) * BBC * The Boston Globe * Christian Cooper * CNN * Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth * Grace Morgan (via Twitter) * Harper's Weekly * Harper's Weekly * House Judiciary Committee * KPIX * Library of Congress * Maverick Media Group * MSNBC * The Nashville American * NBC News * New York Daily News * NJ.com * PBS * PBS Newshour * Prelinger Archives * Reuters * Roman Productions * WGN News * Zainob+Mathew Create * Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston * DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University * “American Panorama: Mapping Inequality” - Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond * Gilman Collection, a Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation * National Archives & Records Administration * National Archives & Records Administration * National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution * Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Locations Provided by
FAITH TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD
FLEETWOOD-JOURDAIN CENTER
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH OF EVANSTON
GIBBS-MORRISON CULTURAL CENTER
SHOREFRONT LEGACY CENTER
Special Thanks
MAYOR DANIEL BISS
ALDERMAN PETER BRAITHWAITE
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
ALDERMAN BOBBY BURNS
LILLIE CONEY
MAYOR STEVE HAGGERTY
KEENAN KELLER
JULIANNE MALVEAUX
JANAY QUEEN NAZAIRE
ALDERWOMAN ANN RAINEY
CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY RICHARDSON
ADAM ROTHMAN
GLENN RUSHING
Fiscal Sponsor
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY
Funding Provided By
JUST FILMS | FORD FOUNDATION
TOMKAT MEDIA
WILLIAM F. HARNISCH FOUNDATION
CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT (CMP)
NICOLE COMMISSIONG & DARNELL ARMSTRONG
Investment Funding Provided by
SPRING POINT PARTNERS
Acquisition Funding Provided by
ITVS
BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA (BPM)
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
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