| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Johanna Giebelhaus | Crew | Editing | Editor, Producer |
 Kathryn Bostic | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Lewis Goldstein | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor |
Michael Kantor | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
Tom Ryan | Crew | Sound | Dialogue Editor |
Tommy Walker | Crew | Production | Producer |
Chad Thompson | Crew | Production | Producer |
Graham Willoughby | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Gus Sacks | Crew | Camera | Additional Director of Photography |
Jerrell Suelto | Crew | Sound | Recording Supervision |
Vinny Alfano | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Nils Jiptner | Crew | Sound | Scoring Mixer |
Declan Zimmermann | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor |
 Angela Davis | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Dick Cavett | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Fran Lebowitz | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Muhammad Ali | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Oprah Winfrey | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Peter Sellars | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Russell Banks | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Toni Morrison | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Walter Mosley | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Barack Obama | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Sonia Sánchez | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Bill Moyers | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Hilton Als | Cast | Self | |
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Robert Gottlieb | Cast | Self | |
Sonia Sanchez | Cast | Self | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
