| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 John Battsek | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Ian Watts | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Kath Pollard | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Natasha Dack Ojumu | Crew | Production | Producer |
Richard Klein | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Dan Coles | Crew | Editing | Colorist |
Geoff Small | Crew | Directing | Director |
Adam Richardson | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Colin Salmon | Cast | Actor | Narrator (voice) |
 Delroy Lindo | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Harry Edwards | Cast | Actor | Self - Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley |
 Jesse Owens | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John Carlos | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Kwame Kwei-Armah | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Malcolm X | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Muhammad Ali | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Stokely Carmichael | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tommie Smith | Cast | Actor | Self - 200m; Olympic Gold 1968 |
 Gary Younge | Cast | Actor | Self - Guardian Columnist |
 H. Rap Brown | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Bob Beamon | Cast | Actor | Self - Long Jump; Olympic Gold 1968 |
Edwin Moses | Cast | Actor | Self - 400m Hurdles; Olympic Gold 1976, 1984 |
Ralph Boston | Cast | Actor | Self - Long Jump; Olympic Gold 1960, Silver 1964, Bronze 1968 |
Avery Brundage | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Lee Evans | Cast | Actor | Self - 400m, 4 × 400m Relay; Olympic Gold 1968 |
Paul Hoffman | Cast | Actor | Self - US Olympic Rowing Team 1968; Olympic Silver 1972 |
Dave Zirin | Cast | Actor | Sports journalist and commentator |
Peter Norman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
