Written By

HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Produced & Directed by

VIRGINIA QUINN
Edit Producer

LAURA WARNER
Director of Photography

GRAHAM SMITH
DUANE McCLUNIE
JIM BISHOP
GARY CLARKE
ELI GAMSON
TOM PRIDHAM
Drone Operators

MIKE KIRSTEIN
BARNY TRAVELYAN JOHNSON
Camera Assistants

SUSAN CANE
TANYA MARAH
MELVIN WRIGHT
NATHAN WINTERS
Sound Recordists

ANTHONY MELRING
LAURI KELLAHER
NIGEL BATTING
TIMOTHY HODGE
CARLOS PULIDO
Editor

GUY SCUTTER
Music By

TOM HOWE
Story Producer

DUDLEY CRUSE
Assistant Producers

LISA MARTINSON
ZABLON BEYENE
Location Producers

TOM CEBULA
JOE JOHNSON
Location Fixer Angola

ECO TUR ANGOLA
Location Fixer Ethiopia

ZAB TOURS ETHIOPIA
Location Fixers Kenya

BLUE SKY FILMS LTD
ROBIN HOLLISTER
Location Fixers Sudan

GEORGE PAGOULATOS
ITALIAN TOUR COMPANY LTD, SUDAN
Archive Producer

MATTHEW SANGER
Researcher

SAM CLARKE
Make Up

LISA BELL
Line Producer

TERESA NUNN
Production Manager

ANN DIXON-DYER
Post Production Manager

KIRSTY URQUHART-DAVIES
Production Coordinator

LISA POLESE
Head of Production

CAROLINE McCOOL
MD

CARL GRIFFIN
COO

HELENA TAIT
Supervising Producer

DEBORAH CLANCY PORFIDO
Post Production

ENVY
Animation & Motion Graphics

JELLYFISH PICTURES
Colorist

PETER LYNCH
Online Editor

ADAM GRANT
Dubbing Mixers

BOB JACKSON RADA DANILOVIC
Host Wardrobe

THE ANDOVER SHOP
CHARLES DAVIDSON
MAURICE SEDWELL OF SAVILE ROW, LONDON
ANDREW RAMROOP
Executive Assistant to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

AMY COSDANIAN
Transportation

DRISS ELGHANNAZ
Senior Historical Advisors

KEVIN BURK
MARIAL IGLESIAS UTSET
Advisors

EMMANUEL AKYEAMPONG
SUZANNE BLIER
MICHAEL BRETT
JEAN COMAROFF
JOHN COMOROFF
SUSAN COOK
CAROLINE ELKINS
CHRISTOPHER EHRET
ANDREW GREGORY
LINDA HEYWOOD
TOM KARIUKI
AMANDA LOGAN
PETER MITCHELL
JACOB OLUPONA
JOHN THORNTON
Stock Footage

AKG-IMAGES
YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
BBC MOTION GALLERY
BRIDGMAN ART LIBRARY
FRAMEPOOL
GETTY IMAGES
GREEN BAY MEDIA
HOPE PRODUCTIONS/CALT PRODUCTIONS
ORF-ENTERPRISE GMBH & CO KG
MICHAEL PITTIOT
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
ZODIAK MEDIA
With thanks to

PETRIE MUSEUM OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Special thanks

KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH
BENNETT ASHLEY
LAWRENCE DOUGLAS BOBO
CHARLES BONNET
KASIA BRYC
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
DREW GILPIN FAUST
CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
GLENN HUTCHINS
RAZIB KHAN
JAMAICA KINCAID
DAVID KUHN
EARL LEWIS
CECE MOORE
MARCYLIENA MORGAN
JOANNA MOUNTAIN
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
DAVID REICH
DAWNA PHANEUF
ADRIENNE SANDS
LAUREN SHARP
WOLF SOYINKA
ROBERT FARRIS THOMPSON
ERIN LYNN TYNEN
DARREN WALKER
ABBY WOLF
FOR McGEE MEDIA
Chief Financial Official

MARK C. WEIGEL
Legal Services

DREW PATRICK
MAAYAN MCCASLAND
MICHAEL McCORMACK
Financial Officer

JENNIFER WEIGEL
Associate Producer

WILLIAM VENTURA
Production Coordinator

CHRISTINE ALLEN
Production Assistants

KELLIE MALONE
JENNY SORIN
Accountants

RICHARD KOENIGSBERG
MADELANA JORDAN
SPIELMAN, KOENIGSBERG & PARKER, LLP
FOR KUNHARDT FILMS
Co-Producers

GEORGE KUNHARDT
TERRY KUNHARDT
Business Affairs

LOGAN ADLER
Senior Researcher

JILL COWAN
FOR WETA
Production Management

JIM CORBLEY
KRYSTAL FOGG
Legal

MICHAEL HOLSTEIN
Education and Interactive Media

SARAH JACOBS
AMY LABENSKI
JUSTIN RHODES
Station Relations

DANI COOK
KAREN FRITZ
KHANH PHAN
Communications

KATE KELLY
MARY STEWART
Graphic Design

CYNTHIA ALDRIDGE
MICHELE WELLS
National Publicity

GREENOUGH BRAND STORYTELLERS
Executive Producers for WETA

DALTON DLAN
ANNE HARRINGTON
Executive in charge of PBS

BILL GARDNER

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