Sony Pictures Classics ; Showtime and Granada present ; in association with the Arts Council of England, FilmFour, the Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow Film Fund ; a Three Rivers production ; written and directed by Terence Davies ; produced by Olivia Stewart
Kino Lorber Repertory ; original idea by Ishmael Reed ; script contributions, Ishmael Reed, Steve Cannon, Walter Cotton, Verta Mae Grosvenor, Jim Wright, Bill Gunn ; produced by Walter Cotton ; directed by Bill Gunn
a Steeplechase Films production for the American Experience in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET in New York, and the New-York Historical Society ; produced by Lisa Ades and Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns ; co-director, Lisa Ades ; written by Ric Burns and James Sanders