Directed by
Mel Stuart
Produced by
Larry Shaw
Mel Stuart
Executive Producers
Al Bell
David L. Wolper
Associate Producer
Forest Hamilton, Hnic.
Consultants
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Tommy Jacquette
Mafundi Institute
Rev. Jesse Boyd
Teddy Stewart
Richard Thomas
John W. Smith
Sylvester Williams
Carol Hall
Cinematography
Roderick Young
Robert Marks
Jose Mignone
Larry Clark
Concert Photography
John Alonzo-D.P.
David Blewitt
Robert Grant
Hal Grier
Roy Lewis
Howard Morehead
Joe Wilcotts
Edited by
Robert K. Lambert
David Newhouse
David Blewitt
Location Sound
Richard Wells
Asst. Cameramen
Joseph Calloway
Rick Mention
Lucian Smith
Michael Clark
Asst. Editors
Edward Fantl
Chuck Montgomery
Additional Location Sound
Leroy Joseph
Ed Rue
Thomas Washington
Sound Consultants
Ivan Kruglak
Bruce Bizans
Concert Equipment
Cerwin Vega-P.A.
Acoustic Control Corp.
Assistant Director
Charles Washburn
Concert Unit Director
Sid McCoy
Concert Unit Supervisors
Rick Holmes
Buster Jones
Larry McCormick
Johnny Williams
Wesley Buford
Production Coordinator
David Oyster
Music Supervisor
Terry Manning
Sound Effects
Edit-Rite
Music Editor
Neiman-Tillar Assoc.
Production Assistants
Lou Harris
Mathew Ford
Production executive
Conrad Holzgang
Librarian
Bea Dennis
Post Production Supervisor
Philly Wylly
Research Assistant
Alex Pomasonoff
Dubbing
Samuel Goldwyn Studio
Opticals
Cinema Research
Copyright © 1972 Wolper Pictures & Stax Films Inc
All Rights Reserved
Music Recording
Wally Heider, Inc.
Supervisors
Gabriel Gradney
Artie King
Production Associates
Cassius Weathersby
Jet Set, Inc
Boom Boom
J.D. Of Hollywood
Concert Artist Staging
Melvin Van Peebles.
Yeah, Inc.
Music Conductor
Dale Warren
Lighting
Acey Dcey
Production Staff
Jim Stewart
Johnny Baylor
Gary Holmes/Mind Benders
Humanities International
Edward Windsor Wright
Starring (In Order of Performance)
The Dramatics
"What You See Is What You Get"
The Staple Singers
"Oh La De Da"
"We The People"
"Respect Yourself"
Kim Weston
"Star Spangled Banner"
"Lift Every Voice & Sing"
Jimmy Jones
"Someone Greater Than You & I"
Rance Allen Group
"Lying On The Truth"
The Emotions
"Peace Be Still"
William Bell
Louise Mccord
Debra Manning
Eric Mercury
Freddy Robinson
Lee Sain
Ernie Hines
Little Sonny
Newcomers
Eddie Floyd
Temprees
Frederick Knight
"Old Time Religion"
Bar Kays
"Son of Shaft"
Albert King
"I'll Sing The Blues For You"
Little Milton
"Walking The Backstreet & Crying"
Johnnie Taylor
"Jody"
Mel & Tim
"I May Not Be What You Want"
Carla Thomas
"Picking Up The Pieces"
Rufus Thomas
"Breakdown"
"Funky Chicken"
Luther Ingram
"If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right"
Isaac Hayes
"Shaft"
"Soulsville"
Our Special Thanks to
Richard Pryor
and
Raymond Allen
Elizabeth Cleveland
Andre Edwards
Patricia Henley
Eric Kilpatrick
Ernest King
Michael Gibson
Ted Lange
and
The Black People Who Made Themselves Heard
A Production Of
Stax Films
Wolper Productions Inc.