HBO Films presents ; a Maya Pictures/Amicas Entertainment production ; with Y.O.Y. Productions ; an Edward James Olmos film ; directed by Edward James Olmos ; screenplay by Marcus De Leon and Ernie Contreras and Timothy J. Sexton ; story by Victor Villaseñor ; produced by Lisa Bruce ; an Esparza/Katz production ; in association with Olmos Productions, Inc
Ebb Pod Productions ; directed, produced & written by Katrina Browne ; co-directed, edited & written by Alla Kovgan ; co-director & executive producer, Jude Ray ; co-producer & executive producer, Elizabeth Delude-Dix ; co-producer, Juanita Brown
produced in association with Independent Television Service and Alabama Public Television by Hartfilms ; producer, director & editor, Jayasri Majumdar Hart ; associate producer & writer, William Hart
WGBH Educational Foundation ; a Basic Black and Frontline co-production for WGBH/Boston ; producer, June Cross ; written by June Cross, Henry Louis Gates, Jr