| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ken Burns | Crew | Directing | Director, Screenplay |
 David McMahon | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
Sarah Burns | Crew | Directing | Director, Screenplay |
Doug Wamble | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Al Sharpton | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 David Dinkins | Cast | Actor | Self - Former Mayor, New York |
 Donald Trump | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ed Koch | Cast | Actor | Self - Former Mayor, New York |
Linda Fairstein | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Michael Warren | Cast | Actor | Self - Lawyer |
Peter Rivera | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Rudolph Giuliani | Cast | Actor | Self (archive sound) |
Bernard Goetz | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Calvin O. Butts III | Cast | Self - Reverend | |
Craig Steven Wilder | Cast | Self - Historian | |
John Gotti | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Matias Reyes | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Robert Morgenthau | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Bobby McCray | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Antron McCray | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) |
Elizabeth Lederer | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Jim Dwyer | Cast | Self - New York Times | |
 Kevin Richardson | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Kharey Wise | Cast | Self | |
LynNell Hancock | Cast | Self - Journalist | |
 Raymond Santana | Cast | Self | |
 Yusef Salaam | Cast | Self | |
 Angela Black | Cast | Self - Kevin's Sister | |
Michael Joseph | Cast | Self - Defense Lawyer | |
Natalie Byfield | Cast | Self - Daily News | |
Raymond Santana Sr. | Cast | Self - Raymond's Father | |
Ronald Gold | Cast | Self - Juror #5 | |
Saul Kassin | Cast | Self - Social Psychologist | |
Aaron Rosenthal | Cast | Self - Assistant Chief of Detectives (archive footage) | |
Ben Ward | Cast | Self (archive Footage) | |
Bobby Burns | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Carlos Gonzalez | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Colin Moore | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Howard Diller | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Humberto Arroyo | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Jack Maple | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
John Hartigan | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Linda McCray | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Paul L. Richardson | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Robert Colangelo | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Sharonne Salaam | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Mario Cuomo | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Mike Sheehan | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
