The Apollo

Pharrell Williams

Self

Jamie Foxx

Self

Patti LaBelle

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Angela Bassett

Self

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self (archive footage)

Aretha Franklin

Self (archive footage)

Lauryn Hill

Self (archive footage)

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Eartha Kitt

Self (archive footage)

Gladys Knight

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Charles B. Rangel

Self

Leslie Uggams

Self

Gregg Field

Self

Roger Ross Williams

Director, Writer

Cassidy Hartmann

Writer, Producer

Dan Cogan

Executive Producer

Nicholas Ferrall

Executive Producer

Jeanne Elfant Festa

Producer

Julie Goldman

Executive Producer

Ken Pelletie

Executive Producer

Nigel Sinclair

Producer

Michael Dwyer

Director of Photography

Jean Tsien

Editor

Lisa Cortés

Producer

David Blackman

Executive Producer

Poppy Hanks

Executive Producer

Geralyn White Dreyfous

Executive Producer