directed by Nick Doob and Linda Atkinson ; performed by Boscoe Holder, Geoffrey Holder, Carmen de Lavallade, Leo Holder, Josephine Baker, Eartha Mae Kitt, Janet Collins, James Truitte, Ulysses Dove, Gregg Baker, Gus Solomons, Jr., Dudley Williams, Judith Jamison, Jennifer Dunning, Alvin Ailey and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
a co-production of Michael Blackwood Productions, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Sveriges Television AB/SVT ; directed and photographed by Mead Hunt ; produced by Michael Blackwood ; narration written by Mead Hunt, Kendrick Simmons