Credits

Producer/Director
George King

Visual Art & Music
Lonnie B. Holley

Co-Producers
Amy Linton, p.g.a. ACE
Charmaine Minniefield

Editors
Amy Linton, p.g.a. ACE
Lewis Erskine, ACE

Story Consultant
Sam Pollard


Elaine Widener
Tom Roche


Ace McColl

Additional Editing
George King
Laura Asherman

Assistant Editors
Emma Marticke
Mike McMahon


Randy Hill
Fraser Reade


Bazyl Dripps


Sylvia Jackson
Fraser Reade
Kimberly Binns
George King
Azariah Oldacre
Ralph Madison
Jim McKinney

Camera
Jack Frost
Ed Myers
Travis Ward
Laura Asherman
Alan Facemire
Bill Brown
David Hudson

Assistant Camera
Mitchell Johnson


Rashaad Espinoza
Larry Robertson
Rick King
Josh Bagnall
Clay Asbury
Justin Schein


Booker Edwards
Greg Linton


Mauree Culberson
Lindsay Coleman


Elli Mayhem


Laura Asherman
Ariel Lelonek
Meredith Mckay

Location Sound
French Spencer
Michael Catalano

Puppetry
Anthony Marotta
Carole D’Agostino

Animation & Compositing
Althea Brown

Production Associates
Mike McMahon
Anna Nelson Daniel
Heather O’shaughnessy
Ines Nzumgang


Fraser Reade
George King


Melissa Brewer
Brandi Hoofnagle


Ross Boone


Scottie Bookman
Mauree Culberson
Michael Bodine

Online Editor
Ron Heidt

Colorist
Ron Anderson

Dialogue & Music Editor
Amy Linton, ACE

Sound Engineer & Mixer
Kenneth Lovell

Additional Music Recording/Mix
Paul Brill
Philip Weinrobe

Audio Restoration
Kenneth Lovell


Christopher Shurtleff

Additional Music Recording/Mix
Paul Brill
Philip Weinrobe

Audio Restoration
Kenneth Lovell

Photo Restoration
Kathy West


Marlon Patton


Mauree Culberson

Transcription Services
Valerie Leri
Jaime Omar Yassin


Eleanor Brownfield


Bill Brown
Bill Vanderkloot
Atiba Mbiwan
Akua Mcdaniel
Tiffany Friesen
Kimberly Binns
Jack Bagriansky
Jeffrey Wolf
Leatrice Ellzy
Gayla Jamison
Lana Garland

Additional Film Consultants
Cinque Hicks
Bill Brown
Louis Corrigan
Henry “Hank” Willett
Tom Patterson
William Gignilliat III
Rachel Raney
Brad Lichtenstein
Peter Miller
Peggy Bulger
Judith Ehrlich


Kali Ahset Amen
Robert Strayhorn
Mausiki Scales
Tabilah Mbonisi
Naomi Walker
David Moscovitz
Fraser Reade
Malkia Moore
Fran Burst
Tony Teranella
Doug DeLoach

Legal
David Prasse
Focus Media Law Group

Graphic design
Karen Tauches

Social Media Coordinator
K.C. Commander

Website
MerryLeigh Giarra


Matt Arnett
Spider Martin
Nashville Public Library
Sheila Pree-Bright
George King

Photographs
William Arnett
UNC Chapel Hill, Wilson Library Special Collections
John Bentham,
Courtesy Of The Halsey Institute Of Contemporary Art
Photograph of Bill Traylor by Horace Perry,
Creative commons
www.shaireproductions.com.
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www.shaireproductions.com.
https://pixabay.com
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All work by Lonnie Holley: © 2019 Lonnie Holley/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Stephen Pitkin
Judith Mcwillie
Birmingham Public Library,
Dept. of Archives & History
Creative Commons


Tommie Dell Smith
Additional Camera: Scott Cain
Matt Arnett

Archival Film, Video & Audio
Souls Grown Deep Foundation Collection, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, UNC at Chapel Hill.
Pickathon


VPRO-TV, Netherlands
WAGA-TV, Atlanta, GA
BC-13 NEWS, Birmingham, AL


Music Composition
Lonnie Holley


Dave Eggar

Additional Music Composition
Kenneth Lovell


Mausiki Scales


Lonnie Holley: Keyboards
Carl Dixon: Soprano Sax
Dave Eggar: Cello
Dave Nelson: Trombone

Musicians
Mausiki Scales: Keyboards
Kelly Pratt: Keyboards, Trumpet
Calder Baker: Banjo
Marlon Patton: Drums
Daniel Lanois: Pedal Steel Guitar


Steve Nistor: Drums
Marshall Ruffin: Guitar
Phil Faconti: Guitar
Brian Blade: Drums


Performed by: Lonnie Holley

“I woke up in a fucked up America”
Written by: Lonnie Holley,
Marlon Patton, Dave Nelson


Courtesy of Jagjaguwar


Performed by: Lonnie Holley

“Down in the Ghostness of Darkness”
Written by: Lonnie Holley,
Marlon Patton, Dave Nelson


Courtesy of Jagjaguwar


Performed by: Lonnie Holley

“How Far is Spaced Out”
Written by: Lonnie Holley,
Marlon Patton, Dave Nelson


Courtesy of Jagjaguwar


Performed by: Lonnie Holley

“Sometimes I Wanna Dance”
Written by: Lonnie Holley


Courtesy of Jagjaguwar


Lonnie B. Holley
Beverly Russell
Lula Moore
Shirley Williams
James Crawford
Willie Holley
Denise Johnson
Matt Arnett
Space One Eleven, Birmingham, Anne Arrasmith & Peter Prinz
Massachusetts Museum
of Contemporary Art,
Curator: Denise Markonish

Special Thanks: The Holley Family
Betty Breedlove
Elizabeth Crawford
Antonio Crawford
Lester Holley
Dorothy Crawford
George Brown Jr
Carolyn Holley
William Arnett
Souls Grown Deep Foundation:
Scott Browning
Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center:
Curator: Daniel Fuller


Bonnie Coleman
Angela Clayton
Ezekiel Holley
Kubra Holley
Carlonie Holley
A.J. Holley
Paul Arnett
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curator: Randall R. Griffey
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Savannah, Director: Mark Sloan


Laura Hutson
Kupenda Auset
Adam Baba
Allen Stephenson
Art Institute Of Atlanta
Birmingham Museum Of Art
Carl Rojas
Charlotte Kinberger
Cliff Kuhn
Crawford Media Services
Denny Abbot
Elliott Knight
Harry van Biessum
James Fuentes Gallery
Jasmine Bowles
Jerry Thomas
Jessica Handler
Jodi Joseph
Mary Allison Haynie
Mary-Elizabeth Harmon
Mazanyah
Tracy Martin
Oasis, Nashville
Orrin R. Ford
Pam Longobardi
Susan Crawley
Ron Bechet
Myrna Anderson-Fuller
Lucinda Bunnen

Thanks To
Grace Kisa
William Gignilliat III
Bill Brown
Ayoka Chenzira
Don Veasey
Aaron Smithers
Terry Groves
Rich DeSantis
Brian Cox
Phil Proctor
Prospect.3
Krista Haimovitch
Mike Jensen
Olivette Smith
Ann Brady
Peggy Powell Dobbins
Penelope Nye
Robert Connolly
Seth Loeser
Artists Rights Society
Sara Bell
Thomas Bryant
Joe Massey
Robert Witherspoon
Bonnie O’Neill
Sheri Mann Stewart
Louise Shaw
Thornton Dial Family
Alabama Division of Youth Services,
Mount Meigs


Angela Davis Johnson
Faron Manuel
Arturo Lindsay
Floyd Hall
Atlanta Video
James Tyler
Jeffrey Bützer
Joe Dreher
Johnny Bodley
Jose Acosta
Stephanie Cash
Michael Haverty
Kevin Sipp
Leatrice Elzey
Mark Sloan
Pellom McDaniel
Ellington McDaniel
Sophia McDaniel
William Downs
Walter Wood
Bridget McDonald
Grady Cousins
Gail Andrews
Steve Dollar
Seven Stages Theater
Maurice Evans
Buddy Palmer
Randall Williams


Massey Charitable Trust
MG Goodrich Foundation
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Judith Alexander Foundation

Funded in part by:
National Endowment For The Arts,
Art Works
Community Foundation
of Greater Atlanta
Lubo Fund
Alabama State Council For The Arts
Idea Capital


Kramer Family Foundation
W Alabama Community Foundation
Matthew & Natalie Bernstein
Fulton County Arts Council


Southern Documentary Fund, Durham, N.C.
Dashboard, Atlanta, Georgia

Fiscal Sponsors
Create Birmingham,
Birmingham, Alabama
Hammonds House Museum,
Atlanta, Georgia


Kentuck Museum Assn, Northport, Alabama


Lynn Adler
Zelda Alexander
Eileen & Tom Baker
Jack Bagriansky
Blake Beckham
David Byrne
Scott Browning
Moira Bucciarelli
Fran Burst
Grey & Linda Carter
Melanie Carlone
Zach Cincotta
Tani Cohen
Keith Crofford
Joe Delsordo
John Denton
Andrew Dietz
Didi Dunphy
Judith Ehrlich
Mim Eisenberg
Lori and Danny Feig-Sandoval
Melissia Fernander
Alice Franklin
Sam Garafalo
Andy Garrison
Bob Giolito
Vlad Gorenshteyn
Marian Grimes
Elan Grozbord
Harold Halpern
Cinque Hicks
Judi Holley
Nancy Hooff
Ameeta Jadav
Linda Jones
Margaret Kargbo
Marcia Klenbort
Karen Larosa
Susan Ledyard
Laura Lieberman
Ruth Leitman
Elizabeth Lide
Carey Manderville
Denise Markonish
John Martini
Genevieve McGillicuddy
Mark Mori
Cate Morrill
Brian Newman
Sarah Owen
M Peace
Scott Peek
Rob Pegel
Nancy Raabe
Allison Rentz
Danielle Roney
James Scogin
Andrew Seibert
Donald Shaw
Lauri Stallings
Ellen Spears
James Taylor
William VanDerKloot
Diane Wachtel
Randall Williams
Deborah Workman
Bonnie Wright
Carol Zoref

Indiegogo Supporters
Myrna Anderson-Fuller
Chris Appleton
Bailey Barash
Barbara Bagrinasky
Susan Berenson
Krtista Brewer
Curtis Byer
Tom Cave
Chris Carroll
Susan Colvin
Sam Collura
Clay Cowdery
Anne Dennington & Eric Schneider
Doug DeLoach
Steven E Dollar
Tina Dunkley
Chip Epsten
Christopher Escobar
Gary Fine
Rupert Fike
Lesly Fredman
Ric Geyer
Sue Gilman
Scott Gilliam
Gretchen
Dan Gunderman
Del Hamilton
Sally Hansell
Caroline Howell
Jessica Hudson
Gayla Jamison
Catherine Jordan
Edith Kelman
Nick Ketter
Patti Kunkle
Marianne Lambert
Charles Leonard
Ruby Lerner
Beth Malone
Saundra Maass-Robinson
David Moscovitz
David McQueen
Mary Lynn Miller
Brian Mooney
Stacy Morgan
Lisa Mount
Katina Noble
Peter Paluch
Susan Pavlin
David Powell
David W. Prasse, PC
Seana Reilly
John Regan
Mary Ann Sampson
Harriet Sanford
Michael Schwarz
Charlotte Shaw
Chip Simone
Mark Sloan
Mohua Thakurta
Vicki
Pam Walter
Jennifer Weissman
MK Wegmann
Walter W. Williams
Gordon Wulff
J. M. Winkler
Bob Wells


Brooke Davis Anderson
Susan Baerwald
Jesse Bathrick
Virginia Balbona
Robin Bittman and Jack Wilkes
Brian Brackney
Breakaway Films
Bill Brown
Roger Caplan
Breana Clinton
Rebecca Cochran
Steven H Collins
Jan Coyne
Susan Crawley
Krista Dills
Andy Ditzler
Micky Dubrow
Martha Eskew
Michele Foreman
Lisa Frank
Jack Frost
Will Glass
Nancy Gaddy
Judy Gantt
Jennifer Giarratano
Carri Gicker
Grady Harris
Richard Hatcher
Tracy Hawkins
Laura Hudgens
Ed Hunt
Jim Hunter
The Institute for Venture Philanthropy
Kelly Jordan
Carla Johnson
Charles Jones
Bruce Kauffman
Paul Kayhart
Eileen Kunzman
Konrad Lewis
Amy Linton
Mike Mahon
Kathy Malloy
Jeff Mather
Ellery McClintock
Ellen Mertins
Charles Dee Mitchell
Chris Moser
Lynn Myers
Heather O’Shaughnessy
Michael W. Perri
Ted Pettus
Jennifer Posey
Fraser Reade
Sue Ross
Ann Rowles
Teri Schell
Martha Scherzer
Tim Settimi
Louise Shaw
Emily Socolov
Brian Spears
Craig Watson
Penny Weaver
Elise Witt
Stan Woodard
Mark Wynns
Andrea Young

The Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was forced to close by the U.S. Justice Department in 1970. The Alabama Department of Youth Services, which currently operates a juvenile correctional institution on the same property has no connection to the former Industrial School.

IN MEMORIUM:
Dorothy May Holley Crawford
Willie Holley (Grandpap)
Hixie Canady (Momo)
Viola Thomas
Anne Arrasmith
William “Bill” Arnett

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