Cast 29

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self

Chris Rock

Self

Tony Lawrence

Self

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self

Mavis Staples

Self

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Self

Sly Stone

Self

Hugh Masekela

Self

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

Self

Herbie Mann

Self

Mongo Santamaría

Self

Questlove

Self (uncredited)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self (uncredited)

Crew 38

Lauren Nikrooz

Art

Mark Thompson

Art

Sunny Bourgeois

Costume & Make-Up

Nicola David

Costume & Make-Up

Robyn Fisher

Costume & Make-Up

Viola Nicholson

Costume & Make-Up

Alan Chow

Sound

Aisha Hallgren

Sound

Dennis Hamlin

Sound

Paul Hsu

Sound

Jiho Kim

Sound

Rich Mach

Sound

Mike Stahr

Sound

Emily Strong

Sound

Paul Massey

Sound

Questlove

Directing

David Dinerstein

Production

Robert Fyvolent

Production

Joseph Patel

Production

Shawn Peters

Camera

Joshua L. Pearson

Editing

Inuka Bacote

Production

Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck

Production

Jody Allen

Production

Cora Atkinson

Production

Rocky Collins

Production

Andrea Dramer

Production

Jannat Gargi

Production

Davis Guggenheim

Production

Beth Hubbard

Production

Jen Isaacson

Production

Ruth Johnston

Production

Jon Kamen

Production

Laurene Powell Jobs

Production

Jonathan Silberberg

Production

Dave Sirulnick

Production

Nicole Stott

Production

Gregory A. Thomson

Production