Directed by
| Questlove | ... | (as Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson) |
Cast (in credits order)
Produced by
| Jody Allen | ... | executive producer |
| Cora Atkinson | ... | co-producer |
| Inuka Bacote-Capiga | ... | co-producer |
| David Barse | ... | executive producer |
| Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck | ... | associate producer |
| Novena Carmel | ... | coordinating segment producer |
| Rocky Collins | ... | executive producer |
| Shannon Dill | ... | production executive: Concordia Studio (uncredited) |
| David Dinerstein | ... | producer (p.g.a.) |
| Ron Eisenberg | ... | executive producer |
| Robert Fyvolent | ... | producer (p.g.a.) |
| Jannat Gargi | ... | executive producer |
| Bryan Greene | ... | consulting producer |
| Davis Guggenheim | ... | executive producer |
| Marie Therese Guirgis | ... | executive producer |
| Brendan Hermes | ... | executive producer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Beth Hubbard | ... | executive producer |
| Cherice Hunt | ... | associate producer |
| Jen Isaacson | ... | executive producer |
| Sheila C. Johnson | ... | executive producer |
| Ruth Johnston | ... | executive producer |
| Jon Kamen | ... | executive producer |
| Julia Lewis | ... | archival associate producer |
| Aimee Link | ... | supervising producer: Vulcan Productions |
| Jeffrey Lurie | ... | executive producer |
| Lizzy McGlynn | ... | archival producer |
| Joseph Patel | ... | producer (p.g.a.) |
| Laurene Powell-Jobs | ... | executive producer (as Laurence Powell Jobs) |
| Questlove | ... | executive producer (as Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson) |
| Jonathan Silberberg | ... | co-executive producer |
| Dave Sirulnick | ... | executive producer |
| Nicole Stott | ... | co-executive producer |
| Gregory A. Thomson | ... | co-producer |
| James Uminowicz | ... | senior producer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Zarah Zohlman | ... | associate producer |
Cinematography by
| Shawn Peters | ||
Editing by
| Joshua L Pearson | ... | (as Joshua L. Pearson) |
Art Direction by
| Lauren Nikrooz | ||
| Mark Thompson | ||
Makeup Department
| Sunny Bourgeois | ... | hair stylist (as Sunny J. Bourgeois) / makeup artist (as Sunny J. Bourgeois) |
| Nicola David | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
| Robyn Fisher | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
| Viola Nicholson | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Production Management
| Corey DeStefano | ... | production manager |
| Sarah Hume | ... | production manager: Vulcan Productions |
| Constantina Konugres | ... | production supervisor: RadicalMedia |
| Kim Nyhous | ... | executive in charge of production: Vulcan Productions (as Kimberly Nyhous) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Joseph Patel | ... | second unit director |
Art Department
| Kevin Mazile | ... | art assistant |
| Frank W. Miller Jr. | ... | art direction consultant (as Frank William Miller Jr.) |
| Luis Vasquez | ... | art assistant |
Sound Department
| Justine Baker | ... | Director commentary recordist |
| Alan Chow | ... | sound mixer |
| Dennis Dembeck | ... | mix technician |
| Robert Fernandez | ... | additional re-recording mixer: Harbor (as Rob Fernandez) |
| Aisha Hallgren | ... | sound mixer |
| Dennis Hamlin | ... | sound mixer |
| Paul Hsu | ... | re-recording mixer: CS Inc., NYC |
| Jiho Kim | ... | assistant sound editor |
| Rich Mach | ... | sound mixer |
| Paul Massey | ... | additional re-recording mixer: Fox Studio Lot, LLC |
| Mike Stahr | ... | sound mixer |
| Emily Strong | ... | sound mixer |
Visual Effects by
| Mark Thompson | ... | motion graphics |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Rob Agulo | ... | assistant camera (as Robert Agulo) |
| Alexander Ashe | ... | additional camera / gaffer |
| Jordan Bell | ... | key grip |
| Christian Cashmir | ... | additional camera |
| Bryant Fisher | ... | additional camera |
| Rommel Genciana | ... | gaffer |
| Kate Glicksberg | ... | still photographer |
| Wayne A. Goring | ... | additional camera (as Wayne Goring) |
| Jamezz Hampton | ... | key grip |
| J'mme Love | ... | assistant camera |
| Jaime Medrano Jr. | ... | assistant camera |
| Matt Noll | ... | additional camera |
| Charley Parker | ... | assistant camera |
| Camrin Petramale | ... | gaffer |
| Lorenzo Porras | ... | assistant camera |
| Ezra Riley | ... | assistant camera |
| Pierce Robinson | ... | assistant camera |
| Sean Rochau | ... | assistant camera |
| Sean Slattery | ... | key grip |
| Robert Smith | ... | key grip |
| Miles Watanabe | ... | gaffer |
| Stefan Weinberger | ... | additional camera |
| Pat Shahabian | ... | additional cinematography (uncredited) |
| Ted Snow | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) / digital imaging technician (uncredited) |
| Jenise Whitehead | ... | digital loader: Los Angeles (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Calvin Richard Evans Watson | ... | casting (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
| Yohance Brown | ... | colorist |
| Cooper Conley-Currier | ... | assistant editor |
| Sante Ferrante | ... | machine room operator: Outpost Digital NY |
| Colin Fowler | ... | lead assistant editor |
| Michael Goldman | ... | assistant engineer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Lewis Hedley-Noble | ... | post engineer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Alexander Santoro | ... | chief technical engineer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Timothy Ziegler | ... | on-line editor |
| Devon Andrew Hubner | ... | post production supervisor (uncredited) |
Location Management
| Brett Frana | ... | supervising location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Thomas Cavanaugh | ... | Music Business & Legal Affairs |
| Jimmy Douglass | ... | music mixer |
| Ian Herbert | ... | music coordinator |
| Randall Poster | ... | music supervisor |
| Thomas Cavanaugh | ... | music business & legal affairs (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Lottie Abrahams | ... | production assistant |
| Sofia Adams | ... | production assistant |
| Daniel Alvarado | ... | transcriber |
| Paul Bacani | ... | production assistant |
| Jason Beekman | ... | senior production counsel: RadicalMedia |
| Meredith Bennett | ... | executive in charge of operations: RadicalMedia |
| David Boyle | ... | Distribution Counsel: 69 harlem music |
| Steven Ames Brown | ... | archival courtesy of |
| Nancy Buirski | ... | special advisor |
| Patrick A. Burns | ... | archival courtesy of: The New York Times/Redux |
| Lisa Callif | ... | production counsel |
| Doug Coblens | ... | business & legal affairs / business & legal affairs: Vulcan Productions |
| Rebecca Cohen | ... | production accountant: RadicalMedia |
| Andrea Dramer | ... | production coordinator: Vulcan Productions |
| Kylee Floodman | ... | executive assistant: Frank Scherma, RadicalMedia |
| Miguel Garzon Martinez | ... | production assistant |
| Lior Haas | ... | production counsel: RadicalMedia |
| Eric Holtz | ... | production controller: RadicalMedia |
| Donal Holway | ... | archival courtesy of: The New York Times/Redux (as Donal F. Holway) |
| Anthony K. Hyatt | ... | Senior Producer EPK: SunnyBoy Entertainment |
| Jai Jacob | ... | production assistant |
| Niki Kazakos | ... | head of communications: RadicalMedia |
| Hannah Macdonald | ... | post producer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Samuel McQueen | ... | media manager |
| Parul Moses | ... | contracts manager: business and legal affairs, RadicalMedia |
| Samantha Mustari | ... | executive assistant: Dave Sirulnick and Meredith Bennett, RadicalMedia |
| Nadine Ng | ... | archival assistant |
| Anna Ragland | ... | production assistant |
| Maurice Schechter | ... | archival media restoration |
| Frank Scherma | ... | president: RadicalMedia |
| Bill Seery | ... | archival media restoration |
| Ted Snow | ... | media manager |
| Marcin J. Sobczak | ... | international publicity & pr |
| Annie Thomas | ... | executive assistant: Jon Kamen, RadicalMedia |
| Connor Townsend | ... | production assistant |
| Jenise Whitehead | ... | media manager |
| Arniesha Williams | ... | post producer: Outpost Digital NY |
| Cyrus Wu | ... | production assistant |
| Julian Zentner | ... | production assistant |
| Star Tyner | ... | financing counsel: Concordia Studio (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Judy Aley | ... | special thanks |
| Lee Andrews | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Stephanie Andrews | ... | special thanks |
| Fiona Apple | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Carl Atkinson | ... | special thanks |
| Melody Atkinson | ... | special thanks |
| Ayanna Ayers | ... | special thanks |
| Leo Barse | ... | special thanks / thanks |
| Zenya Bashford | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Kari Bauce | ... | special thanks |
| Gina Belafonte | ... | special thanks |
| Ardenia Brown | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Gene Brown | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Damon Bryson | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Timothy Anne Burnside | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Imhotep Gary Byrd | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Dave Chappelle | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Brian Coleman | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Phonte Coleman | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Victoria S. Cook | ... | special thanks (as Victoria Cook) |
| Matt Cornell | ... | special thanks |
| Stuart Cosgrove | ... | special thanks |
| John B. Crye | ... | special thanks (as John Crye) |
| Tina D'Orazio | ... | special thanks |
| Maggie Dakin | ... | special thanks |
| Hillary Dann | ... | special thanks |
| Maxwell Dartey | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Lily De Jong | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Ileana Diaz | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Shannon Dill | ... | special thanks |
| Alison Dinerstein | ... | special thanks |
| Sam Dinerstein | ... | special thanks |
| Zoe Dinerstein | ... | special thanks |
| Carleen Donovan | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Kirk Douglas | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Ava DuVernay | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Michael Eric Dyson | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Billy Eisenberg | ... | special thanks |
| Deborah Eisenberg | ... | special thanks |
| Stro Elliot | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as Stro Elliott) |
| Erika Elliott | ... | special thanks |
| Fab 5 Freddy | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as Fab Five Freddy) |
| Jimmy Fallon | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as James T. Fallon) |
| Tina Farris | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Brittany Fyvolent | ... | special thanks |
| Joel Fyvolent | ... | special thanks |
| Paul Fyvolent | ... | special thanks |
| Sekou Gathers | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Janina Gavankar | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Shawn Gee | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Duke Gerrone | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Alex Gibney | ... | special thanks |
| Wendy Goldstein | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| James 'Kamal' Gray | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as Kamal Gray) |
| William Greaves | ... | special thanks |
| Ben Greenman | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| David Guy | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as Dave Guy) |
| James Harris III | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Grace Harry | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Ian Hendrickson-Smith | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Chester Higgins Jr. | ... | special thanks (as Chester Higgins) |
| Lester House | ... | special thanks |
| Michael Howe | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| J-Zone | ... | special thanks (as Jay 'J-Zone' Mumford) |
| Rodney Jean | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Sean Jefferson | ... | special thanks |
| Bill Johnson | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Bob Johnson | ... | special thanks |
| Ruwan Karu | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Mark Kelley | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Tony Lawrence | ... | dedicatee: deepest love and gratitude for always putting on for his community |
| Leaf | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Spike Lee | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Bela Levin | ... | special thanks |
| Miles Marshall Lewis | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Demi Lovato | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Neal Ludevig | ... | special thanks |
| Kirkland Lynch | ... | special thanks (as Kirkland Alexander) |
| Steven Mandel | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Christian McBride | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Elena McKay | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Raiden McLean | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Keith McPhee | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| John Michael Measells | ... | special thanks |
| Philip Michelson | ... | special thanks |
| Jake Morelli | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Gerardo Moreno | ... | special thanks |
| Tenisha Myles | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Dahveed Nelson | ... | special thanks |
| Mercedes Nichols | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Rakim Nichols | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Richard Nichols | ... | dedicatee |
| Munir Nuriddin | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Abby O'Neill | ... | special thanks |
| Kwame Onwuachi | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Mahesh Patel | ... | special thanks |
| Prafulla Patel | ... | special thanks |
| Kieran Patel-Jarrett | ... | special thanks |
| Steven Pearl | ... | special thanks |
| Steven Pearl | ... | special thanks |
| Rebecca Pietri | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Eshan Ponnadurai | ... | special thanks |
| James Poyser | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Rebecca Proudfoot | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Richard Pzena | ... | special thanks |
| Gridley Quihuis | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Reilly | ... | special thanks |
| Michael Reinart | ... | special thanks |
| Jason Resnick | ... | special thanks |
| Brenda Robinson | ... | special thanks |
| Sandy Rondomski | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Steven Rosenblum | ... | special thanks (as Steve Rosenblum) |
| Alexis Rosenzweig | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Dante Ross | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as Dante 'The Scrub' Ross) |
| Brad Rubens | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Tom Sarig | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| David Schneiderman | ... | special thanks |
| Bill Sherman | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Jurnee Smollett | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Laiya St Clair | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Al Staehely | ... | special thanks |
| Maisha Stephens-Teacher | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Wyatt Stone | ... | special thanks |
| Keisha Sutton | ... | special thanks |
| Donn Thompson | ... | would like to thank: Questlove (as Donn Thompson Morelli) |
| Jacqueline Thompson | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Vikki Tobak | ... | special thanks |
| Tariq Trotter | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Hal Tulchin | ... | special thanks: whose work and dream made this film possible |
| Janine Tulchin | ... | special thanks |
| Steve Walker | ... | special thanks |
| Larry Ward | ... | special thanks |
| Harry Weinger | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Dawn White | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| David Zander | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Lauren Zander | ... | would like to thank: Questlove |
| Susan Zirinsky | ... | special thanks |
