| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blair Underwood | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Douglas Blush | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
 Sam Pollard | Crew | Directing | Director |
 Laurens Grant | Crew | Production | Consulting Producer |
 Robert Glasper | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Ed Gerrard | Crew | Sound | Music Supervisor |
 Hans Charles | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Annukka Lilja | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Blair McClendon | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Melissa Haizlip | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Writer |
Giovanni P. Autran | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Chaz Ebert | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Leonard Joseph | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
 Questlove | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Al Green | Cast | Actor | Self (archival footage) |
 Bill Withers | Cast | Actor | Self (archival footage) |
Blair Underwood | Cast | Actor | Voice of Ellis Haizlip |
Carmen De Lavallade | Cast | Actress | Self |
Felipe Luciano | Cast | Self | |
 Gladys Knight | Cast | Actress | Self (archival footage) |
 Harry Belafonte | Cast | Actor | Self |
 James Baldwin | Cast | Actor | Self (archival footage) |
 Kathleen Cleaver | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Maya Angelou | Cast | Actress | Self (archival footage) |
 Novella Nelson | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Patti LaBelle | Cast | Actress | Self (archival footage) |
 Sidney Poitier | Cast | Actor | Self (archival footage) |
 Stan Lathan | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Stevie Wonder | Cast | Actor | Self (archival footage) |
 Ellis Haizlip | Cast | Self (archival footage) | |
Nikki Giovanni | Cast | Self | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
