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Directed by
Ken Burns 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Geoffrey C. Ward  writer

Cast (in credits order)
Jack Johnson ... Himself (archive footage)

Keith David ... Narrator (voice)

Samuel L. Jackson ... Jack Johnson (voice)

Adam Arkin ... Other Voices (voice)
Philip Bosco ... Other Voices (voice)

Kevin Conway ... Other Voices (voice)

Brian Cox ... Other Voices (voice)

John Cullum ... Other Voices (voice)
Murphy Guyer ... Other Voices (voice)

Ed Harris ... Other Voices (voice)

Derek Jacobi ... Other Voices (voice)

Carl Lumbly ... Other Voices (voice)

Amy Madigan ... Other Voices (voice)

Carolyn McCormick ... Other Voices (voice)
Joe Morton ... Other Voices (voice)

Alan Rickman ... Other Voices (voice)
Studs Terkel ... Other Voices (voice)
Jack Thompson ... Other Voices (voice)

Billy Bob Thornton ... Other Voices (voice)

Courtney B. Vance ... Other Voices (voice)

Eli Wallach ... Other Voices (voice)

Jeffrey Wright ... Other Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Muhammad Ali ... Himself (archive footage)
Tommy Burns ... Himself (archive footage)
Lucille Cameron ... Herself (archive footage)
James J. Corbett ... Himself (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch ... Himself
Gerald Early ... Himself
W.C. Heinz ... Himself
James J. Jeffries ... Himself (archive footage)

James Earl Jones ... Himself
Stanley Ketchel ... Himself (archive footage)
Joe Louis ... Himself (archive footage)
Jack Newfield ... Himself
George Plimpton ... Himself
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. ... Himself (archive footage)
Randy Roberts ... Himself
Bert Randolph Sugar ... Himself (as Bert Sugar)
John L. Sullivan ... Himself (archive footage)
Jess Willard ... Himself (archive footage)
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Produced by
Paul Barnes .... producer
Pam Tubridy Baucom .... coordinating producer
Ken Burns .... producer
David Schaye .... producer
Susanna Steisel .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Wynton Marsalis 
 
Cinematography by
Stephen McCarthy 
Buddy Squires 
 
Film Editing by
Paul Barnes 
Erik Ewers 
 
Sound Department
Marko A. Costanzo .... foley artist
Ryan Gifford .... assistant sound editor
Sean Huff .... sound effects editor
George A. Lara .... foley mixer
John Osborne .... sound
Brenda Ray .... sound
Dominick Tavella .... sound re-recording mixer
Daniel Ward .... assistant sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Dalton Delan .... executive in charge of production: WETA
 
Editorial Department
Tyler Cote .... post-production intern
Melanie Cunningham .... post-production assistant
Sean Huff .... assistant editor
Liz Seru .... post-production intern
Daniel J. White .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Wessell Anderson .... musician: saxophone
Paul Barnes .... music producer
Ken Burns .... music producer
Andy Farber .... music arranger
Wycliffe Gordon .... musician: trombone and tuba
Eric Lewis .... musician: piano
Delfeayo Marsalis .... music producer
Wynton Marsalis .... musician: trumpet
Jacob Ribicoff .... music editor
Reginald Veal .... musician: bass
 
Other crew
Jessie Anderson .... production intern
Dewey Blanton .... publicist: WETA
Tim Clark .... program advisor
Bob De Flores .... film archive
Dayton Duncan .... program advisor
Julie Dunfey .... program advisor
Gerald Early .... program advisor
Andy Farber .... transcriber
Greg French .... archive materials
Jim Johnston .... archive materials
William Leuchtenberg .... program advisor (as William E. Leuchtenberg)
Bill Loughman .... archive materials
Lynn Novick .... program advisor
Tricia Reidy .... program advisor
Herlin Riley .... drums & percussion
Randy Roberts .... program advisor
Sharon Rockefeller .... president and ceo: WETA
Jeffrey T. Sammons .... program advisor
Kevin Smith .... archive materials
David Thompson .... project director: WETA
Fred Udell .... production assistant
Rosalind P. Walter .... additional funding
Geoffrey C. Ward .... senior creative consultant
Delmar Watson .... archive materials
Elizabeth Waybright .... production intern
 
Thanks
Michael Balabuch .... extra special thanks
Tom Bodett .... extra special thanks
Sarah Botstein .... extra special thanks
Tom Bower .... extra special thanks
Lee Philip Brumbaugh .... extra special thanks
Carol Butler .... extra special thanks
Dave Davis .... extra special thanks
Greg French .... extra special thanks
Dennis Haysbert .... extra special thanks
Peg Holmes .... extra special thanks
Jim Johnston .... extra special thanks
Gene Jones .... extra special thanks
Bill Loughman .... extra special thanks
Patrick Maschio .... extra special thanks
Dave Meichsner .... special thanks
Craig Mellish .... extra special thanks
Peter Miller .... extra special thanks
Albert Murray .... extra special thanks
Jack Newfield .... extra special thanks
Joyce Carol Oates .... extra special thanks
Brock Peters .... extra special thanks
Larry Pine .... extra special thanks
George Plimpton .... extra special thanks
George Plimpton .... film dedicated to
Allen Reuben .... extra special thanks
Kevin Smith .... extra special thanks
 

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