Credits, Donors & Supporters

written, narrated, & directed by
Godfrey Cheshire

produced by
Godfrey Cheshire
Vincent Farrell
Jay Spain

executive producer
Bernie Reeves

associate producer & chief historian
Robert Hinton

director of photography
Jay Spain

editors
Ramsey Fendall
Greg Loser

composer
Ahrin Mishan

blues songs performed by
Algia Mae Hinton

This film was made possible through the generosity of

Zack H. Bacon III
Mary and Cliff Baggett
Nancy Baker
Jean Winborne Boyles
John Bratton, Jr.
Claudia and Gordon Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Cheshire, Jr.
Sprague Silver Cheshire
Rush and Ken Coe
Catherine Constantinou
John Constantinou
Charlotte and Judson Creech
Pam and T. Barker Dameron
Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr.
Jody and Tom Darden
Anna Lee Dorsett
Josephine and Stuart Dorsett
Wynn and Jim Dorsett
Linda and Rufus Edmisten
Carolyn C. Eskridge
John K. Fanney
Virginia Doughton Finley
Charlotte Collins Floyd
Charles Hamilton
Alice C. Haywood
Harriet Holliday and Hattie Gruber
Hans Huang, Moonlight Pizza Company
James Hyatt
Robbie Lane Jackson
Susie and Dave Jones
Stefanie and Doug Kahn
John Kane
R. Scott Langley
Jim Lumsden
Stagg and Randy Madry
Phil Martin
Barbara and Tom McGuire
Scott McLean
Sugar Cheshire McOwen
Mid Oaks Ventures, LLC
Mary and Bill Moss
Susan and Jim Moss
Jennifer and Don Munford
Bett and Bill Padgett
Anna and Robert Paschal
Deborah C. and Steven R. Peedin
Mary Ann and Greg Poole
Florence Poyner
Anna and Trent Ragland
Restoration Systems, LLC
Surry P. Roberts
Diane and Dave Rodger
CeCe and Peter Scott
John F. Spain
Doro Taylor
Rives Taylor
Van Wyck Webb, Jr.
Lisa and Joel Williams
Williams Realty & Building Co, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Wilson
Elaine Wooten Wood
Rosemary and Smedes York

Special thanks for their support and generosity
Nancy Baker
Greer Beaty
CaraMar Publicity, Inc.
The Edit Center, NYC
Virginia Pou Doughton Finley
Fort Branch Battlefield Commission
George Smedes Poyner Foundation, Inc.
Mary Beth Grealey - Media Coop
Betsy & Steven Levitas
Laura Lunsford & Art Padilla
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
The Moore Charitable Foundation
Moore Capital Management
Wake Stone Corporation
Williams Realty & Building Co, Inc.

In association with
The Southern Documentary Fund
Durham, NC

Additional thanks
MusicMaker Relief Foundation
Tim Duffy
N.C. Dept. of Archives and History
Kim Cumber, George Stevenson, Jr., Earl Lamont James

WUNC-TV
Shannon Vickery, Scott Davis, Len Faulconer, Deb Darter

Wilson Library
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Anthony, Steve Weiss, Tim West

Louise Levison of Business Strategies
for our solid business plan


Thanks to our superb production team

Consulting Producer
Ross McElwee

Additional Editor
Malcolm Jamieson

Story Consultant
Fernanda Rossi

Second Unit - Video
Director of Photography
John Dawson

Second Unit - Film
Director of Photography
Ed Slattery

Additional Camera
Steven Crell
Joseph Farrell
Ramsey Fendall
Brad Kaplan
April Mial
Ben Root
Johnny Spain
Stefania Sverrisdottir
J. D. Whitmire

Associate Producers
Barron Blackman
Joe Corey III
Ramsey Fendall
James Hyatt
Greg Loser

Audio Engineers
Glenn Abbey
Chip Crell
Steven Crell
Ben Turney
J.D. Whitmire

Camera Crane
Brad Kaplan
Ben Root

Still Photography
Steven Crell
Ramsey Fendall
Stefania Sverrisdottir
J. D. Whitmire

Aerial Cinematography
Jay Spain

Helicopter Pilots
Roger Eckenrod
Bub Lewis

Gaffer
Steven Crell

Animation and Graphics
Greg Loser

Assistant Editor
Alex Wilson

Narration Recording
Steven Tyler
Matthew Polis

Sound Mixing
Matthew Polis
SoundSpace
New York, NY

HiDef Technical Consultant
David Leitner

On-Line Editor/HD Blowup
Greg Snyder
Snyder Productions
Raleigh, NC

Assistants to the Producers
Holly Clayborn
Becca Dolber
Ariana Formyduval
Michael Garske
Marie Montgomery
Karen Patch
Katie Reeves

Production Assistants
Drewry Jones
Joshua Keeney
J. Foster Piner
K. D. Reeve

Website Design
David Iversen
Evil Genius, LLC

Grants Preparation
Paul Fitchett

Research Assistance
Jennie LaMonte

Production Coordination and Administration
the cgroup, Raleigh, N.C.
Iron Films, New York, N.Y.

Production Equipment and Crewing
On Location North Carolina

Lab and Film Transfer Services
Alpha Cine
Cineworks Digital Studios

Legal Services
Poyner & Spruill LLP
Shatzkin & Mayer, PC
Robbins, May & Rich LLP

Financial Services
Elizabeth Exum, CPA
Cathy Gentry
Donald Wilson, CPA

Interviewees
(In order of appearance)
Charles Hinton Silver, Jr.
Elizabeth Silver Cheshire
Winston Sprague Silver
John Wales Silver
Betty Silver Howison
Dena Williams Silver
Tammy Arnold
Brandy Hughes
Robert Hinton
Harry Watson
John Hope Franklin
Lucinda MacKethan
Big Ed Watkins
Richard Hall
Mike Blake
Rick Lambeth
Joel Williams
Mary Hilliard Hinton Silver
Margret Meals Silver
Jonas Johnston Carr Silver
Bruce Chadwick
Mike Chalk
Rick Rowe
Doug Boyd
Alvin Hinton
Abraham Lincoln Hinton
Joel Jean Parker
Sylvia Wiggins

Interview Participants
George and Judy Baumbach
Hal Crowther
Chuck Davis
Mildred “Mama Dip” Council
Peter Eichenberger
Algia Mae Hinton
Bobby Hinton
Susan Nash
Dudley Price
John Shelton Reed
Maiya Silver
Lee Smith
DJ Spooky
Charleen Swansea
Chad Thomas
John Michael Vlach
Shane White

Photo Archives
Alden House Historic Site, Duxbury, MA
The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Department of Archives and History, NC
Drain Collection, SC
Duke University Library
Gibbes Museum of Art, SC
Harpers Weekly
Heinz Collection, Washington, DC
Library of Congress
Ligon High School
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School
Louisiana State Museum
The Maryland Historical Society
Montague Family Photos
Courtesy Irene Montague
Musee de Louvre
Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The New York Historical Society
Olivia Rainey Library
Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Princeton University
Raleigh City Museum
Raleigh News & Observer
R.C. Hickman Photograph Collection
Smithsonian Institution
UNC Library of the South
Wake County Public Schools
The White House

Film Archives
Laurence Wiggins Videotape
Courtesy of Sylvia Wiggins

Music

“Going Down This Road”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Written by Algia Mae Hinton
Courtesy of Mike Lightnin’ Wells/
Music Maker, by exclusive
arrangement with Heyday Media Group

“I Got A Wife And Three Little Children”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Written by Algia Mae Hinton
Courtesy of Mike Lightnin’ Wells/
Music Maker, by exclusive
arrangement with Heyday Media Group

“Sweet Home”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Written by Algia Mae Hinton
Courtesy of Mike Lightnin’ Wells/
Music Maker, by exclusive
arrangement with Heyday Media Group

“You’ve Got To Move”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Written by Fred McDowell and Rev. Gary Davis
Courtesy of Mike Lightnin’ Wells/
Music Maker, by exclusive
arrangement with Heyday Media Group

“Careless Love”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Traditional
Arrangement by Algia Mae Hinton

“Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Traditional
Arrangement by Algia Mae Hinton

“Out Of Jail”
Performed by Algia Mae Hinton
Written by Algia Mae Hinton

“Gone with the Wind”
Written by Max Steiner
Original Soundtrack from
“Gone with the Wind”
Copyright Warner Home Video, Inc.

“Greensleeves”
(traditional)
Performed by Kenny G.
From the album
Miracles: The Holiday Album
Arista Records (USA)

“Southern Fried”
Studio Cutz

“Workin’ on a Building”
Performed by Ralph Stanley
and the Clinch Mountain Boys
From the album Ralph Stanley
and the Clinch Mountain Boys
1971-1973.
Rebel Records

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1903)
Music from the soundtrack
Composed and performed by
Donald Sosin (2005)
Courtesy of Kino/MoMA

“Birth of a Nation”
Music from the soundtrack
Courtesy of Kino Video

“Uncle Tom's Cabin” (1927)
Music from the soundtrack
Courtesy of Kino Video

The Great American Songbook
Music from the soundtrack
Copyright Warner Home Video

Film Excerpts

Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Directed by Victor Fleming
Copyright Warner Home Video, Inc.

The Old South
(1938)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Copyright Warner Home Video, Inc.

The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Courtesy of Kino Video

The Littlest Rebel
(1935)
Directed by David Butler
Copyright Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment

The Great American Songbook
(2003)
Directed by Andrew J. Kuehn
Copyright Warner Home Video/
Turner Entertainment Co.

Jezebel
(1938)
Directed by William Wyler
Courtesy of Warner Home Video, Inc.

Song of the South
(1946)
Directed by Harve Foster
& Wilfred Jackson
Copyright The Walt Disney Company

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
(1927)
Directed by Harry Pollard
Courtesy of Kino Video

Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Copyright Twentieth Century Fox

Roots
(1977)
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
& John Erman
Copyright Warner Home Video, Inc.

The Great Train Robbery
(1903)
Edwin S. Porter & James Blair Smith
Courtesy of Kino Video/MoMA

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
(1903)
Edwin S. Porter & Arthur White
Courtesy Kino Video/MoMA