Film Credits
The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980)
Creator and Executive Producer
Henry Hampton
1940-1998
PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY
Jacqueline Shearer
Paul Stekler
EDITED BY
Lillian Benson
NARRATED BY
Julian Bond
COORDINATING PRODUCER
Alison Bassett
ARCHIVIST
Janet Lawrence
SERIES ARCHIVAL CONSULTANT
Kenn Rabin
RESEARCHERS
Kirk Johnson
Susan J. Levene
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Maia Harris
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Barbara Howard
FILM RESEARCH
John Grybowski
Nina Koocher
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Frank Capria
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Robert Shepard
Michael Chin
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Bestor Cram
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Hugh N. Walsh
Crystal A. Griffith
Arthur J. Fielder
Robert Beyer
Douglas Dunderdale
Liz DiNolfo
SOUND RECORDISTS
Sekou Shepard
J.T. Takagi
John Esaki
James Hawkins
Felipe Borrero
Dillard Morrison
Sara Chin
SOUND EDITING SUPERVISOR
John Waite
SOUND EDITORS
Maureen Fahey
Mark Lipman
SOUND MIXER
Richard Bock
SOUND EDITING ASSISTANTS
Leah Mahan
Lynne Toland
INTERNS
Ken Jacobson
Nicole Keating
Jacob Lipsky
Ken Mack
Lynn Menegon
Evan Stone
ARCHIVES
AP/Wide World Photos
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Boston University
CBS News Archives
"Chicago Blues," Rhapsody Films
Commonweal
Compro Productions, Atlanta
Delta Air Lines
Ford Presidential Library
Dr. Philip H. Hart
Leonard Henny
Jack Linehan
NBC News Archives
Saturday Review
Sherman Grinberg Film Libraries/ABC
Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
3R Productions, Inc./Jim Sedlak
The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Journal
The Boston Globe
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis
© 1978 The New York Times Company
Thirteen/WNET New York
Time, Inc.
University of Georgia Media Archives
U.S. News and World Report
WAGA-TV, Atlanta
WBZ-TV, Boston
WCVB-TV, Boston
Betty Wells
WGBH-TV, Boston
WNEV-TV, Boston
Worldwide Television News
SPECIAL THANKS
Evelyn Morash
Boston Public Library -- Audio Visual Department, Research Department
Cheryl Chisolm
Nancy Falk
Shirley Franklin
Lyn Levy
Monty Neill
Palmer & Dodge
Michael Ross
Eric H. Smith
Kenneth Tollett
Arnold Vanderhoop
Julia Wrigley
Original Funding for EYES ON THE PRIZE was provided by:
Ford Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Melville Corporation
Lotus Development Corporation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Lilly Endowment Inc.
William Penn Foundation
Charles H. Revson Foundation
Public television viewers like you
Digital Equipment Corporation
Bill & Camille Cosby
Leo Model Foundation
Hillsdale Foundation
The Villers Foundation
The Cummins Engine Foundation
Mary Norris Preyer Fund
The Boston Foundation
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
The Philadelphia Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
The New York Community Trust
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
Concord Baptist Church of Christ
WNYC Educational Foundation
A complete list of funders is available from PBS.
SEGMENT ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Margaret Burnham
Luke Harris
Mel King
Mary Helen Washington
SERIES ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Clayborne Carson
Peter Edelman
David Garrow
Vincent Harding
Darlene Clark Hine
Stanley N. Katz
Steven F. Lawson
Aldon Morris
Dianne Pinderhughes
Robert Preyer
William Strickland
Michael Thelwell
James Turner
CO-CHAIRS -- NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Ruth M. Batson
Joseph C.K. Breiteneicher
Robert Preyer
MUSIC CONSULTANTS
Melanie Berzon
Fahamisha Patricia Brown
MUSIC RIGHTS COORDINATOR
Rena C. Kosersky
THEME MUSIC PRODUCED, ARRANGED AND PERFORMED BY
Bernice Johnson Reagon
SERIES TITLE ANIMATION
(colossal) pictures
ON-LINE EDITOR
Dave Allen
Multivision
FILM TRANSFERS
LRP Video
PUBLICITY
Angela Lifsey
FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT, INC
Jack Mendelsohn
PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Valerie A. Linson
AUDIO POST FACILITIES
Heart Punch Studio
WGBH Educational Foundation
SERIES PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Will Conroy
Noland Walker
SERIES INTERNS
Daniel Fishman
Dylan Kidd
Tobias Zimmerman
Eyes on the Prize Re-Release Project
President, Blackside
Judi Hampton
Project Director and Legal Counsel
Sandra Forman
Archivist and Rights Coordinator
Cynthia Meagher Kuhn
Music Supervisor
Rena C. Kosersky
Supervising Producer
Alison Bassett
Project Accountant
Paula Lerner
Consultants
James A. DeVinney
W. Michael Greene
Lina Heil
Robert Lavelle
Thomas R. Levy
Walter Rissmeyer
Administrative Assistants
Anita Bell
Karen Pirello
Anne Rampino
Fiscal Sponsor
Filmmakers Collaborative
Special Thanks
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Richard Gilder
Lewis E. Lehrman
Steve Messere
Tobias Zimmerman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Washington University Libraries
Film & Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection
PUBLISHING
Robert Lavelle
MARKETING -- LICENSING
W. Michael Greene
BUSINESS MANAGER
Lorraine Flynn Kiley
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Janet Axelrod
CONSULTING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Michael Ambrosino
CONSULTING PRODUCER
Judith Vecchione
SERIES ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Judy Richardson
CONSULTING SERIES PRODUCER
Jon Else
SERIES WRITER
Steve Fayer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Mark Samels
A Production of Blackside/ Copyright 1990
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