Written and Directed by:  Charles Burnett

Produced by:  Margaret Bodde, Alex Gibney

Narrated by:  Carl Lumbly

Starring:  Tommy Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr.

Co-Producers:  Wesley Jones, Mikaela Beardsley

Line Producer:  Daphne McWilliams

Original Score by:  Stephen James Taylor

Director of Photography:  John N. Demps

Edited by:  Edwin Santiago

Production Designer:  Liba Daniels

Archival Performances:  Son House, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Ida Cox, Mamie Smith, Lightnin' Hopkins, Reverend Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Elizabeth Cotten

Starring:  Tommy Redmond Hicks