Directed and Produced by
Nicole Opper
Produced by
Sharese Bullock
Written by
Avery Klein-Cloud and Nicole Opper
Executive Producers
Macky Alston and Sandra Itkoff
Director of Photography and Co-Producer
Jacob Akira Okada
Editor
Cheree Dillon
Music by
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Creative Consultant
Richard Hankin
Consulting Producer
Judith Helfand
Associate Producer
Stephanie Strong
Sound Recorded by
Nicole Opper
Additional Camera
Nicole Opper
Veena Rao
David Sampliner
Vincent Venturella
Assistant Editor
Vincent Venturella
Production Assistants
Britain Hopkins
Jessica Johnson
Darren Lee
Still Photography
Jacob Akira Okada
Robert Chang
Online Editor and Colorist
Peter Heady
Post Production Services
Goldcrest Post Productions
Mix Facility
Soundspace Studios NYC
Sound Design and Mix
Matthew Polis
Production Managers for ITVS
Annelise Wunderlich
Cheryl Hirasa
Programming Manager For ITVS
Karim Ahmad
Legal Services
Shatzkin & Mayer, P.C.
Craft Services
Andrea Sifferman
Insurance
Reiff & Associates
Bookkeeper
Nanci Bradshaw
Fiscal Sponsor
Women Make Movies
Title Design
Worlds Away Productions
Victor Barroso
Archival Footage and Photographs Courtesy of the Klein-Cloud Family
Our heartfelt thanks to the Klein-Cloud family for having the strength and generosity to share their story.
Special Thanks
Barbara Abrash
Claire Aguilar
Monte Bailey
Anne Bennett
Elise Bernhardt
Brooklyn Technical High School
Colgate Games
Lisa Collins
Leonard Cox
Alonzo Crawford
Liz Curtis
Delaware State University
Olive Demetrius
Ramona Diaz
Sarah Eggers
Kerry Eleveld
Felix Endara and Docuclub
Jorge Garcia-Spitz
Pearl Gluck
Nick Gottlieb
Firelight Producers Lab
Smokey Forester & Sally Heckel
Thomas Allen Harris
Carlos Holmes
Independent Film Week
Mark Johnson
Julia Keydel
Liz Knauer
Hillary Kolos
Emma Lewzey
Listen Up & Learning Matters, Inc.
Jenny Levison
Lisa Lucas
John Merrow
Peter Miller
Julia Mintz
Tamir Muhammad
Nicole Nash
Eva & Tom Okada
Ann Poppe & Richard Opper
Sam Pollard
Princeton University
Dr. John Raible
Crayton Robey
Oren Rudavsky
Richard Saiz
Larilyn Sanchez
Nancy Schwartzman
Ralph Scott
Talia Shalev
Suzanne Schneider
Kerry Shore
Andrea Sifferman
Pam Slighter
Frederick Smith
Maya Stark
The Empire State Games
The Tribeca Film Fellows
Selly Thiam
Jean Tsien
Basil Tsiokos
Angela Tucker
Charles Vogel
Chris White
The Hannah Senesh Community Day School
Tribeca All Access, a program of the Tribeca Film Institute
News Footage
13WHAM NEWS
Additional Music
"Tanse Hora"
Written and Performed by Samuel Thomas
"Just Think of Me"
Written and Performed by
Rafael Klein-Cloud
"Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It"
Written by Maurice Gleaton, Charles Hammond, Robert Lee Hill Jr.
Performed by Dem Franchize Boyz Feat. Peanut & Charlay
Copyright 2006 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Published by EMI April Music Inc.
"Snap Ya Fingaz"
Written by Sean Paul Joseph, Jonathan H. Smith (Lil' Jon), Earl T. Stevens (E-40), Alphonzo Jerome Bailey (Al Kapone)
Performed by Lil John feat. E-40 & Sean Paul
Published by TVT Records, EMI Music Publishing
"Divergence" (feat. Philip Glass)
Written and Performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)from the album "Etudes4Violin&Electronix"
Courtesy of Thirsty Ear Recordings
Off and Running is a co-production of Nicole Opper Productions, the Independent Television Service, Inc. (ITVS), American Documentary | POV and the Diverse Voices Project in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Executive Producer for ITVS
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer for American Documentary | POV
Simon Kilmurray
Executive Producer for NBPC
Jacquie Jones
Additional funding provided by Foundation for Jewish Culture's Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film, The Puffin Foundation
This program was produced by Nicole Opper Productions which is solely responsible for its content.
© 2009 Nicole Opper Productions