Appendix A The Credits

The Scar of Shame

Produced by Colored Players Film Corporation

Released 1927

Direction Frank Perugini

Story David Starkman

Cinematographer Al Ligouri

Cast

ALVIN HILLIARD Harry Henderson

LOUISE Lucia Lynn Moses

LOUISE'S FATHER William E. Pettus

THE LANDLADY Ann Kennedy

EDDIE Norman Johnstone

Miss HATHAWAY Pearl McCormick

MR. HATHAWAY Lawrence Chenault

Rental Source: Standard Film Service, 14710 West Warren Avenue,

Dearborn, Michigan 48126.

The St. Louis Blues

Presented by Radio Pictures

Distributed by RKO Distributing Corporation

Copyright 1929

Story and Direction Dudley Murphy

Editor Russell G. Shields

Cinematographer Walter Strenge

Recordist George Oschmann

Choral Arrangements W. C. Handy and J. Rosamond Johnson

Cast

BESSIE Bessie Smith

THE ST. LOUIS WOMAN Isabel Washington

JIMMY Jimmy Mordecai

JANITOR Alex [sic] Lovejoy

[LITTLE MAN] [Edgar Connor]

Jimmy Johnson's Orchestra

The W.C. Handy and J. Rosamond Johnson Choir

Rental Sources: Kit Parker Films, Carmel, California; Standard Film Service, 14710 West Warren Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48126.

Blood of Jesus

Distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises

Produced by Amegro Films

Copyright 1941

Direction Spencer Williams

Screenplay Spencer Williams

Cinematography Jack Whitman

Sound Recording R. E. Byers

Cast

SISTER JACKSON Cathryn Caviness

RAS JACKSON Spencer Williams

SISTER JENKINS Juanita Riley

SISTER ELLERBY Reather Hardeman

THE ANGEL Rogenia Goldthwaite

SATAN Jas. B. Jones [sic]

JUDAS GREEN Frank H. McClennan

RUFUS BROWN Eddie De Base

LUKE WILLOWS Alva Fuller

and

Rev. R. L. Robertson and The Heavenly Choir

Rental Source: Film Classic Exchange, 1926 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90007.

The Negro Soldier

Presented by The War Department

Produced by Special Coverage Section, United States Army Signal Corps Released 1943

Premiere London, August, 1943

Supervisor Colonel Frank Capra

Director Captain Stuart Heisler

Writer and narrator Carlton Moss Music Dimitri Tiomkin

Mr. Tiomkin's Staff William Grant Still, Earl Robinson, Al Glasser, Howard Jackson, Phil Moore, Calvin Jackson, Jester Hairston, Corporal Dave Tamkin

First Cameraman Lieutenant Paul C. Vogel

Second Cameramen Captain Horace Woodard, Chief Petty Officer Alan Thompson

Assistant Cameramen Sergeants William Birch, Jack Hageny, Lloyd Fromm

Chief Electrician Sergeant Howard Roberts

Production Grips Sergeants Cecil Axemear, Ed Comport

First Assistant Directors Lieutenants Lee Katz and Holly Morse, and George Blair and Ralph Donaldson

Second Assistant Director Corporal Mort Lewis

Technical Advisor Carlton Moss

Film Cutter Sergeant Jack Ogilvie

Assistant Film Cutter Sergeant Hugh Fowler

Sound Cutter Corporal Tom Macdoo

Music Cutter Jimmy Graham

Assistant Music Cutter Sergeant Ed Hare

Chief of Sound Lieutenant William Montague

Sound Crew Sergeant Harold Lee, Corporal William Hamilton, Private Cyril Harper

Church Set Design Haldane Douglas

Special Effects Consolidated Laboratories, Ray Mercer, Albert Schmidt, Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, Paul Lerpae

Production Manager Captain Ralph Nelson

Consultant Major Charles Dollard

Liaison Officer Captain Maurice Monette

"Grateful acknowledgement is made to Mr. Joe Swerling for his aid in preparing the script."

Cast

CHIEF CHARACTERS Men and Women of the Armed Forces of the United States

THE HEROES Private Robert Brooks, Captain Colin Kelly, Sergeant Meyer Levin, Dorie Miller

CHURCH SOLOIST Sergeant Clyde Turner

MINISTER Carlton Moss

JIM William Broadus

MRS. BRONSON Bertha Wolford

ROBERT BRONSON Lieutenant Norman Ford

CHAPLAIN Clarence Brooks

"Choir under the direction of Jester Hairston and Army Air Force Orchestra, Major Eddie Dunstedter, Conductor"

Rental Source: University of Colorado, Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction, Stadium Building, Boulder, Colorado 80302.

Nothing But a Man

Produced by Nothing But a Man Company, Inc.

Presented by Roemer-Young and DuArt

Premiere New York, November 27, 1964

Producers Robert Young, Michael Roemer, and Robert Rubin, in association with DuArt Film Laboratories

Screenplay Michael Roemer and Robert Young

Direction Michael Roemer

Editor Luke Bennett

Cinematography Robert Young

Sound Robert Rubin

Unit Manager William Rhodes

Assistant Cameraman Peter Vollstadt

Electrician Frank Sukosd (by arrangement with Bay State Film Productions, Inc.)

Location Manager Philip Clarkson

Assistant Clayton Riley

Costumer Nancy Ruffing

Secretary Sandi Nelson

Associate Editor Robert Machover

Assistant Editor Peter Gessner

Services Cal Penny

Sound Mixer Albert Gramaglia

Harmonica Wilbur Kirk

Titles F. Hillsberg, Inc.

Musical Performances Mary Wells, The Gospel Stars, Martha and the Vandellas, The Miracles, Holland Dozier, Little Stevie Wonder, The Marvelettes (by arrangement with Motown Record Corporation)

Cast

DUFF Ivan Dixon

JOSIE Abbey Lincoln

LEE Gloria Foster

WILL Julius Harris

MILL WORKER Martin Priest

FRANKIE Leonard Parker

JOCKO Yaphet Kotto

REVEREND DAWSON Stanley Greene

EFFIE Helen Lounck

DORIS Helene Arrindell

CAR OWNER Walter Wilson

POP Milton Williams

RIDDICK Melvin Stewart

REVIVALIST Reverend Marshall Tompkins

BARNEY Alfred Puryear

JOE Charles McRae

WILLIE Ed Rowan

TEENAGERS Tom Ligon and William Jordan

SOLOIST Dorothy Hall

MRS. DAWSON Gertrude Jeanette

MILL FOREMAN Gil Rogers

GARAGE OWNER Richard Webber

SUPERINTENDENT Eugene Woods

BAR MAN Jim Wright

HIRING Boss Arland Schubert

STOREKEEPER Peter Carew

GIN FOREMAN Bill Riola

UNDERTAKER Jay Brooks

DESK CLERK Robert Berger

BESSIE Jary Banks

MILL HANDS Richard Ward and Moses Gunn

CAR PASSENGERS Mark Shapiro and William Phillips

CHURCH WOMEN Sylvia Ray, Esther Rolle, and Evelyn Davis

Rental Sources: Association Instructional Materials, 866 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022; University of California, Extension Media Center, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, California 94720; Impact Films, 144 Bleecker Street, New York, New York 10012; Macmillan Films, 34 McQuesten Parkway South, Mount Vernon, New York 10550.

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Produced by Yeah, Inc.

Presented by Melvin Van Peebles and Jerry Gross

Released by Cinemation Industries

Premiere March, 1971 in Detroit and April, 1971 in Atlanta

"This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the Man."

"Sire, these lines are not a homage to brutality that the artist has

invented, but a hymn from the mouth of reality.""traditional prologue

of the dark ages ["supered" in French and English]

Story and Direction "A Film of Melvin Van Peebles"

Director of Photography Bob Maxwell

Cinematographers Bob Maxwell and Jose Garcia

Production Manager and Assistant Director Clyde Houston

Makeup Supervisor Nora Maxwell

Assistant Editor Jeremy Hoenack

Sound Clark Wall

Special Effects Cliff Wenger

Second Unit Director Jose Garcia

Optical Effects Muller-Curtis-O'Neill and CFI

Sound Editors John Newman and Luke Wolfram

Dubbing Art Piantadosi

Orchestra and Orchestrations Earth, Wind and Fire

Titles and Processing CFI

"Come on Feet" A & M Records

Sweetback's Wardrobe Mr. B's S Fashions of LA

Cast

"Starring the Black Community and Br'er Soul"

Co-starring

With

Rental Sources : Warner Brothers, Non-Theatrical Division, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California 91503.