| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Abderrahmane Sissako | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
 Declan Quinn | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Gael García Bernal | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Writer |
 Gaspar Noé | Crew | Directing | Director |
 Greig Fraser | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Gus Van Sant | Crew | Directing | Director, Editor |
 Jan Kounen | Crew | Directing | Director |
 Jane Campion | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
Mark Tschanz | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Mira Nair | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
 Mychael Danna | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Nicolas Jorelle | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Walter Werzowa | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Wim Wenders | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
David Allen Cress | Crew | Production | Producer |
In-Ah Lee | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Rob Simonsen | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Michel Merkt | Crew | Production | Producer |
Marc Obéron | Crew | Production | Producer |
Franck-Nicolas Chelle | Crew | Production | Producer |
Heidi Kenessey | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Christopher Gill | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Bhasker Patel | Cast | Actor | (segment "Person to Person") |
 Bob Geldof | Cast | Actor | Himself |
 Campino | Cast | Actor | Himself |
 Chris Haywood | Cast | Actor | Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary") |
 Geneviève Lemon | Cast | Actress | Pam Garner (segment "The Water Diary") |
 Gerhard Gutberlet | Cast | Actor | (segment "Person to Person") |
 Herbert Grönemeyer | Cast | Actor | Himself |
 Ian T. Dickinson | Cast | Actor | Frank (segment "Person to Person") |
 Ingvar E. Sigurðsson | Cast | Actor | Father (segment "The Letter") |
 Justine Clarke | Cast | Actress | Mother (segment "The Water Diary") |
 Robert Seeliger | Cast | Actor | (segment "Person to Person") |
 Rodney Charles | Cast | Lender | |
 Russell Dykstra | Cast | Actor | Father (segment "The Water Diary") |
Vanessa Paul | Cast | The Lender (segment "Person to Person") | |
 Youssou N'Dour | Cast | Actor | Himself |
 Alice Englert | Cast | Actress | Ziggy (segment "The Water Diary") |
 Di Adams | Cast | Actress | Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary") |
 Harry Greenwood | Cast | Actor | Simon (segment "The Water Diary") |
Hringur Ingvarsson | Cast | Actor | Son (segment "The Letter") |
Ian Abdulla | Cast | Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary") | |
Isidore Tillers | Cast | Felicity Miles (segment "The Water Diary") | |
 Konkona Sen Sharma | Cast | Actress | Zeinab (segment "How can it be ?") |
 Lavetta Cannon | Cast | Actress | African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
 Luis Fernandez-Gil | Cast | Actor | Guatemalan Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
 Megan Gay | Cast | Actress | Ronda (segment "Person to Person") |
Melissa Butts | Cast | Lender | |
 Michael Lehr | Cast | Actor | Lender (segment "Person to Person") |
Miranda Jakich | Cast | Mrs. Miles (segment "The Water Diary") | |
 Ranvir Shorey | Cast | Actor | Arif (segment "How can it be ?") |
Susanne Herrmann | Cast | (segment "Person to Person") | |
Tintin Marova Kelly | Cast | Sam (segment "The Water Diary") | |
 Tomas Spencer | Cast | Actor | Seymour (segment "Person to Person") |
Tsehaie Kidane | Cast | (segment "Person to Person") (as Tsehaie Abraham Kidane) | |
Yolanda Hester | Cast | African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") | |
 Aba Arthur | Cast | Actress | African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
Aminata M. Kalokoh | Cast | (segment "Person to Person") | |
 Angela Malhotra | Cast | Borrower - East Indian (segment "Person to Person") | |
 Augusto Aguilera | Cast | Actor | Lender (segment "Person to Person") |
Auristela Brito Valles | Cast | Panshin Beka's friend (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") | |
Birsa Chatterjee | Cast | Son (segment "How can it be?") | |
 Constance Ejuma | Cast | Actress | African Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
Denis Rafael Barbaran | Cast | Marito (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") | |
 Dieudonne Ilboudo | Cast | Actor | Man (segment "SIDA") |
Fekadu Kebede | Cast | Teacher (segment "Tiya's Dream") | |
Grace Matias | Cast | Lawyer | |
 Jennifer Popagain | Cast | Actress | Panamanian Borrower (segment "Person to Person") |
Jessica Shelby | Cast | (segment "Person to Person") | |
 K. Harrison Sweeney | Cast | Actor | Lender (segment "Person to Person") (as Kharrison Sweeney) |
Loydi Hucshva Haynas | Cast | Panshin Beka (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") | |
Mena Z. Kalokoh | Cast | (segment "Person to Person") | |
Nigist Anteneh | Cast | Tiya (segment "Tiya's Dream") | |
Olivia Aravelo Lomos | Cast | Nonna (segment "The story of Panshin Beka") | |
Pendo Duku | Cast | (segment "Person to Person") | |
Pendo Nyinondi | Cast | African Borrower 'Person to Person' (as Pendo) | |
Shai Fali | Cast | Borrower- East Indian (segment "Person to Person") (as Shaifali Ratti) | |
Tefera Gizaw | Cast | Tiya's father (segment "Tiya's Dream") | |
Marta Cross | Cast | Actress | Costa Rican Borrower (segment "Person to Person") (as Marta McGonagle) |
 Kaius Harrison | Cast | Actor | Lender (segment "Person to Person") (as Kharrison Sweeney) |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
