Cast (29)

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self

Chris Rock

Self

Tony Lawrence

Self

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self

Mavis Staples

Self

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Self

Sly Stone

Self

Hugh Masekela

Self

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

Self

Herbie Mann

Self

Mongo SantamarĂ­a

Self

Questlove

Self (uncredited)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self (uncredited)

Crew (38)

Lauren Nikrooz

Art Direction

Viola Nicholson

Makeup & Hair

Robyn Fisher

Makeup & Hair

Nicola David

Makeup & Hair

Sunny Bourgeois

Hair Supervisor

Mark Thompson

Art Direction

Rich Mach

Sound Mixer

Paul Hsu

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dennis Hamlin

Sound Mixer

Emily Strong

Sound Mixer

Paul Massey

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Aisha Hallgren

Sound Mixer

Alan Chow

Sound Mixer

Mike Stahr

Sound Mixer

Jiho Kim

Assistant Sound Editor

Robert Fyvolent

Producer

David Dinerstein

Producer

Joseph Patel

Producer

Questlove

Director

Rocky Collins

Executive Producer

Gregory A. Thomson

Co-Producer

Shawn Peters

Director of Photography

Inuka Bacote

Co-Producer

Jen Isaacson

Executive Producer

Jon Kamen

Executive Producer

Cora Atkinson

Co-Producer

Ruth Johnston

Executive Producer

Laurene Powell Jobs

Executive Producer

Joshua L. Pearson

Editor

Ashley Bembry-Kaintuck

Associate Producer

Davis Guggenheim

Executive Producer

Andrea Dramer

Associate Producer

Jannat Gargi

Executive Producer

Beth Hubbard

Executive Producer

Nicole Stott

Executive Producer

Dave Sirulnick

Executive Producer

Jody Allen

Executive Producer

Jonathan Silberberg

Executive Producer