For Firelight Films
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY
Stanley Nelson
CO-DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Nicole London
VOICE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Wendell Pierce
CO-PRODUCED BY
Mark Fason
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Stanley Nelson
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Gabby Murillo
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Kyla Milberger
Tannya Rodriguez
EDITED BY
Mark Fason
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Joseph DeGrand
Meg Yoshida
WRITTEN BY
Anne Seidlitz
COMPOSED BY
Tom Phillips
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
Keith M. Brown
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Karla Rodriguez
LEGAL SERVICES
Fernando Ramirez
ARCHIVAL PRODUCER
Rosemary Rotondi
MUSIC CLEARANCE
The Rights Workshop
OPENING TITLES/GRAPHIC DESIGN
ARE Creative, Inc.
TRANSCRIBER
Pat Casteel Transcripts
PRODUCTION INTERNS
Andrew Viñales
Michelle Locke
Rafael Samanez
Kori Hall
Autumn Sancho
Ziyne Abdo
Antonia Thorton
Allison Oddman
Marie-Louise Nkashama
Marley Jean Fernandes
Neelabh Bafna
Paloma Ortega
Alejandrina Carpio
Aliyah Grant
Josh Savitz
Lysander Fyfe
Serena Chan
Mbayi Aden
Bashirah Mack
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Mead Hunt
Tom Kauffman
Jerry Henry
Stephen McCarthy
Danielle Bartle
Zachary Fink
McKinleigh Lair
David Marshall
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Cesar Alvarez
John Henri
Andy Kuester
Melody Peace
Nancy Serna
Eli Swenson
SOUND RECORDING
Ben Lehoullier
Merce Williams
Doug Dunderdale
Lauren Banjo
Brian Buckley
Matt Langley
Avantika Nimbalker
John O'Connor
Redd Reynolds
Paul Schmitz
Bill Shackelton
Andy Turrett
COLOR GRADING / ONLINE FACILITIES
Post Production Supervisors:
Hell's Color Kitchen
Sheila Lynch
Keith Shapiro
COLORIST AND ONLINE EDITOR
Don Wyllie
CONFORM EDITOR
Bahron Thomas
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Javier Chorrillos
POST PRODUCTION SOUND
String and Can
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR / RE-RECORDING MIXER
Benny Mouthon, CAS
SOUND EDITOR
Eric Di Stefano
RECREATION SHOOTS
LOCATIONS
Bucktown General Store, MD
Spocott Windmill and Village, MD
Bethpage Restoration Village, NY
Castle on the Lake, NY
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ismael Rodriguez
ASSISTANT CAMERA/DIT
Adam Khan
GAFFER
Grayson Horan
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Karla Rodriguez
COSTUME DESIGNER
Chloé Lucan
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER
Joshua Williams
COSTUME AND PROP RENTAL HOUSES
Western Costume Rental
Alias Costume Rental
Set Shop NYC
The Specialists LTD
LOCATION SCOUT
Tyler Hanna
SET PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Tyler Hanna
Tannya Rodriguez
Kyla Milberger
Nola Nelson
ACTORS
YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS Jerald Jeffrey
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (VOICEOVER) Allen Enlow
For PBS
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE
Wendy Llinas
For Maryland Public Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Lynne Robinson
ADVISORY BOARD
Donald H. Thoms - Chairman
Angela Crenshaw
Chanel Compton
Wanda Draper
Kate Clifford Larson
Mark Letzer
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.
Julie M. Schablitsky, PhD
John Stauffer
NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING
Phillip Guthrie
De Shields Associates, Inc.
MEDIA RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
Tom Williams
Michael MacFee
Cara White
Mary Lugo
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SCREENING MANAGERS
Big Media Agency
CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER
Anna Trapani
COORDINATING PRODUCERS
Stuart C. Kazanow
Donna Hunt
PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Charlene Dawkins
LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Andrew Levine
CREATIVE SERVICES
Joseph Campbell
John Pszeniczny
EDITOR
William Clarke
CLOSED CAPTIONING
Eileen Cozart
Noel McNealy-Webster
DIGITAL CONTENT
Bob Wilson
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
Kristen Penczek
Jessica Campbell
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND MEDIA
Betsy Peisach
Karla Thompson
Bill Beustring
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING AND ACQUISITIONS
Kate Pearson
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
Michael J. English
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER
Travis Mitchell
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND STATION MANAGER
Steven J. Schupak
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Larry D. Unger
ARCHIVAL STILLS AND FOOTAGE COURTESY OF
Alamy Images
American Battlefield Trust
Archives and Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Resource Inc.
Artists Rights Society
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Yale University
Bennington Museum
Book of Bowie
Boston Athenæum
Boston Pictorial Archive, Boston Public Library
Bridgeman Images
Brown University
Charles White Archives
Charleston Museum
Chicago History Museum
Church History Review
Civil War News
Civil War Saga
Collection of the Maryland State Archives
Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Connecticut Historical Society
Corbett & Corbett
Cornell University Library/Division of Rare and Manuscript Collection
Creative Commons
Dartmouth Special Collections Library/Rauner Special Collections Library
Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections
Dokument
Duke University Library
Fine Art America
Florida State Library and Archives
George Eastman House
George Washington University
Getty Images
Greg French
Kansas State Historical Society
Library and Archives Canada
Library of Congress
Lynn Museum/LynnArts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Michael Rosato
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
Monica Ahanonu
National Archive and Records Administration (NARA)
National Gallery of Art
National Park Service Frederick Douglass Historic Site
National Portrait Gallery
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
New York Historical Society
New York Public Library
New York Times
Ohio History Connection
Onondaga Historical Association
Pond5
Readex
Rochester Public Library
Slavery Images
Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
St. John Fisher College Lavery Library
State Library and Archives of Florida
Struggles for Liberty
Swann Auction Galleries
The Burns Archive
The Liberator
The Library Company of Philadelphia
The Library of Virginia
The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University
The Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The United States Postal Museum
Vintag
Walter O. Evans Collection
War History Online
Washington County Library
MUSIC
“Go To Sleep Little Baby”
Written and performed by Bessie Jones
Published by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“I’m Gonna Sail Like a Ship on the Ocean”
Written by Henry Morrison
Published by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI)
Performed by Henry Morrison & Saint Simon’s Island Singers
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“I Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down”
Written and performed by Ed Lewis
Published by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“I am an Abolitionist”
Traditional
Performed by Dutchess Anti-Slavery Singers
Courtesy of Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project
“It Makes Long Time Man Feel Bad”
Written by W.B. Richardson and Alan Lomax
Published by TRO - Ludlow Music, Inc.
Performed by Alan Lomax
Courtesy of Legacy International a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC
SPECIAL THANKS
Jenna Morris
Herbert G. Ruffin
Josef Sorett
Robert William Gooding
