Africa's Great Civilizations
Written By
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Produced & Directed by
VIRGINIA QUINN
Edit Producer
LAURA WARNER
Director of Photography
GRAHAM SMITH
DUANE McCLUNIE
JIM BISHOP
GARY CLARKE
ELI GAMSON
TOM PRIDHAM
Drone Operators
MIKE KIRSTEIN
BARNY TRAVELYAN JOHNSON
Camera Assistants
SUSAN CANE
TANYA MARAH
MELVIN WRIGHT
NATHAN WINTERS
Sound Recordists
ANTHONY MELRING
LAURI KELLAHER
NIGEL BATTING
TIMOTHY HODGE
CARLOS PULIDO
Editor
GUY SCUTTER
Music By
TOM HOWE
Story Producer
DUDLEY CRUSE
Assistant Producers
LISA MARTINSON
ZABLON BEYENE
Location Producers
TOM CEBULA
JOE JOHNSON
Location Fixer Angola
ECO TUR ANGOLA
Location Fixer Ethiopia
ZAB TOURS ETHIOPIA
Location Fixers Kenya
BLUE SKY FILMS LTD
ROBIN HOLLISTER
Location Fixers Sudan
GEORGE PAGOULATOS
ITALIAN TOUR COMPANY LTD, SUDAN
Archive Producer
MATTHEW SANGER
Researcher
SAM CLARKE
Make Up
LISA BELL
Line Producer
TERESA NUNN
Production Manager
ANN DIXON-DYER
Post Production Manager
KIRSTY URQUHART-DAVIES
Production Coordinator
LISA POLESE
Head of Production
CAROLINE McCOOL
MD
CARL GRIFFIN
COO
HELENA TAIT
Supervising Producer
DEBORAH CLANCY PORFIDO
Post Production
ENVY
Animation & Motion Graphics
JELLYFISH PICTURES
Colorist
PETER LYNCH
Online Editor
ADAM GRANT
Dubbing Mixers
BOB JACKSON RADA DANILOVIC
Host Wardrobe
THE ANDOVER SHOP
CHARLES DAVIDSON
MAURICE SEDWELL OF SAVILE ROW, LONDON
ANDREW RAMROOP
Executive Assistant to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
AMY COSDANIAN
Transportation
DRISS ELGHANNAZ
Senior Historical Advisors
KEVIN BURK
MARIAL IGLESIAS UTSET
Advisors
EMMANUEL AKYEAMPONG
SUZANNE BLIER
MICHAEL BRETT
JEAN COMAROFF
JOHN COMOROFF
SUSAN COOK
CAROLINE ELKINS
CHRISTOPHER EHRET
ANDREW GREGORY
LINDA HEYWOOD
TOM KARIUKI
AMANDA LOGAN
PETER MITCHELL
JACOB OLUPONA
JOHN THORNTON
Stock Footage
AKG-IMAGES
YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
BBC MOTION GALLERY
BRIDGMAN ART LIBRARY
FRAMEPOOL
GETTY IMAGES
GREEN BAY MEDIA
HOPE PRODUCTIONS/CALT PRODUCTIONS
ORF-ENTERPRISE GMBH & CO KG
MICHAEL PITTIOT
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
ZODIAK MEDIA
With thanks to
PETRIE MUSEUM OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Special thanks
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH
BENNETT ASHLEY
LAWRENCE DOUGLAS BOBO
CHARLES BONNET
KASIA BRYC
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
DREW GILPIN FAUST
CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
GLENN HUTCHINS
RAZIB KHAN
JAMAICA KINCAID
DAVID KUHN
EARL LEWIS
CECE MOORE
MARCYLIENA MORGAN
JOANNA MOUNTAIN
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
DAVID REICH
DAWNA PHANEUF
ADRIENNE SANDS
LAUREN SHARP
WOLF SOYINKA
ROBERT FARRIS THOMPSON
ERIN LYNN TYNEN
DARREN WALKER
ABBY WOLF
FOR McGEE MEDIA
Chief Financial Official
MARK C. WEIGEL
Legal Services
DREW PATRICK
MAAYAN MCCASLAND
MICHAEL McCORMACK
Financial Officer
JENNIFER WEIGEL
Associate Producer
WILLIAM VENTURA
Production Coordinator
CHRISTINE ALLEN
Production Assistants
KELLIE MALONE
JENNY SORIN
Accountants
RICHARD KOENIGSBERG
MADELANA JORDAN
SPIELMAN, KOENIGSBERG & PARKER, LLP
FOR KUNHARDT FILMS
Co-Producers
GEORGE KUNHARDT
TERRY KUNHARDT
Business Affairs
LOGAN ADLER
Senior Researcher
JILL COWAN
FOR WETA
Production Management
JIM CORBLEY
KRYSTAL FOGG
Legal
MICHAEL HOLSTEIN
Education and Interactive Media
SARAH JACOBS
AMY LABENSKI
JUSTIN RHODES
Station Relations
DANI COOK
KAREN FRITZ
KHANH PHAN
Communications
KATE KELLY
MARY STEWART
Graphic Design
CYNTHIA ALDRIDGE
MICHELE WELLS
National Publicity
GREENOUGH BRAND STORYTELLERS
Executive Producers for WETA
DALTON DLAN
ANNE HARRINGTON
Executive in charge of PBS
BILL GARDNER
Website Credits
Website Design and Development
http://www.kapowinc.com/
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Produced & Directed by
VIRGINIA QUINN
Edit Producer
LAURA WARNER
Director of Photography
GRAHAM SMITH
DUANE McCLUNIE
JIM BISHOP
GARY CLARKE
ELI GAMSON
TOM PRIDHAM
Drone Operators
MIKE KIRSTEIN
BARNY TRAVELYAN JOHNSON
Camera Assistants
SUSAN CANE
TANYA MARAH
MELVIN WRIGHT
NATHAN WINTERS
Sound Recordists
ANTHONY MELRING
LAURI KELLAHER
NIGEL BATTING
TIMOTHY HODGE
CARLOS PULIDO
Editor
GUY SCUTTER
Music By
TOM HOWE
Story Producer
DUDLEY CRUSE
Assistant Producers
LISA MARTINSON
ZABLON BEYENE
Location Producers
TOM CEBULA
JOE JOHNSON
Location Fixer Angola
ECO TUR ANGOLA
Location Fixer Ethiopia
ZAB TOURS ETHIOPIA
Location Fixers Kenya
BLUE SKY FILMS LTD
ROBIN HOLLISTER
Location Fixers Sudan
GEORGE PAGOULATOS
ITALIAN TOUR COMPANY LTD, SUDAN
Archive Producer
MATTHEW SANGER
Researcher
SAM CLARKE
Make Up
LISA BELL
Line Producer
TERESA NUNN
Production Manager
ANN DIXON-DYER
Post Production Manager
KIRSTY URQUHART-DAVIES
Production Coordinator
LISA POLESE
Head of Production
CAROLINE McCOOL
MD
CARL GRIFFIN
COO
HELENA TAIT
Supervising Producer
DEBORAH CLANCY PORFIDO
Post Production
ENVY
Animation & Motion Graphics
JELLYFISH PICTURES
Colorist
PETER LYNCH
Online Editor
ADAM GRANT
Dubbing Mixers
BOB JACKSON RADA DANILOVIC
Host Wardrobe
THE ANDOVER SHOP
CHARLES DAVIDSON
MAURICE SEDWELL OF SAVILE ROW, LONDON
ANDREW RAMROOP
Executive Assistant to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
AMY COSDANIAN
Transportation
DRISS ELGHANNAZ
Senior Historical Advisors
KEVIN BURK
MARIAL IGLESIAS UTSET
Advisors
EMMANUEL AKYEAMPONG
SUZANNE BLIER
MICHAEL BRETT
JEAN COMAROFF
JOHN COMOROFF
SUSAN COOK
CAROLINE ELKINS
CHRISTOPHER EHRET
ANDREW GREGORY
LINDA HEYWOOD
TOM KARIUKI
AMANDA LOGAN
PETER MITCHELL
JACOB OLUPONA
JOHN THORNTON
Stock Footage
AKG-IMAGES
YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
BBC MOTION GALLERY
BRIDGMAN ART LIBRARY
FRAMEPOOL
GETTY IMAGES
GREEN BAY MEDIA
HOPE PRODUCTIONS/CALT PRODUCTIONS
ORF-ENTERPRISE GMBH & CO KG
MICHAEL PITTIOT
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
ZODIAK MEDIA
With thanks to
PETRIE MUSEUM OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Special thanks
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH
BENNETT ASHLEY
LAWRENCE DOUGLAS BOBO
CHARLES BONNET
KASIA BRYC
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
DREW GILPIN FAUST
CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
GLENN HUTCHINS
RAZIB KHAN
JAMAICA KINCAID
DAVID KUHN
EARL LEWIS
CECE MOORE
MARCYLIENA MORGAN
JOANNA MOUNTAIN
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
DAVID REICH
DAWNA PHANEUF
ADRIENNE SANDS
LAUREN SHARP
WOLF SOYINKA
ROBERT FARRIS THOMPSON
ERIN LYNN TYNEN
DARREN WALKER
ABBY WOLF
FOR McGEE MEDIA
Chief Financial Official
MARK C. WEIGEL
Legal Services
DREW PATRICK
MAAYAN MCCASLAND
MICHAEL McCORMACK
Financial Officer
JENNIFER WEIGEL
Associate Producer
WILLIAM VENTURA
Production Coordinator
CHRISTINE ALLEN
Production Assistants
KELLIE MALONE
JENNY SORIN
Accountants
RICHARD KOENIGSBERG
MADELANA JORDAN
SPIELMAN, KOENIGSBERG & PARKER, LLP
FOR KUNHARDT FILMS
Co-Producers
GEORGE KUNHARDT
TERRY KUNHARDT
Business Affairs
LOGAN ADLER
Senior Researcher
JILL COWAN
FOR WETA
Production Management
JIM CORBLEY
KRYSTAL FOGG
Legal
MICHAEL HOLSTEIN
Education and Interactive Media
SARAH JACOBS
AMY LABENSKI
JUSTIN RHODES
Station Relations
DANI COOK
KAREN FRITZ
KHANH PHAN
Communications
KATE KELLY
MARY STEWART
Graphic Design
CYNTHIA ALDRIDGE
MICHELE WELLS
National Publicity
GREENOUGH BRAND STORYTELLERS
Executive Producers for WETA
DALTON DLAN
ANNE HARRINGTON
Executive in charge of PBS
BILL GARDNER
Website Credits
Website Design and Development
http://www.kapowinc.com/