I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts
Brief Synopsis
Documentary examining 20th century African-American art through the stories of African-American writers, poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, dancers, actors and filmmakers.
Cast & Crew
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Tracy Heather Strain
Director
Gunther Schuller
Tommy Hicks
Cornel West
Virginia Johnson
James Hatch
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary examining 20th century African-American art through the stories of African-American writers, poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, dancers, actors and filmmakers.
Cast
Gunther Schuller
Tommy Hicks
Cornel West
Virginia Johnson
James Hatch
Benny Andrews
Marcus Roberts
Chris Albertson
Amiri Baraka
Nat Hentoff
June Jordan
Arthur Mitchell
Sonia Sanchez
Sean Curran
Edmund Barry Gaither
John Edgar Wideman
Nicholas Payton
Saul Williams
Koko Taylor
Wynton Marsalis
Spike Lee
Ben Vereen
Robert Brustein
Delores Brown
Mary Schmidt Campbell
Kerry James Marshall
Uta Hagen
Wyndham Handeman
Kara Walker
Lloyd Bennett
John Pierson
Ossie Davis
William Styron
Maxine Hong Kingston
Jacques D'amboise
Howardena Pindell
Ruth Brown
Joseph Johnson
Kellie Jones
Faith Ringgold
Bruce Raeburn
Jessica Care Moore
Vanessa Williams
Narrator
Alice Walker
Lloyd Richards
Gerald Early
Julie Dash
Herbert Gentry
Woodie King Jr.
Clyde Taylor
Bill T. Jones
Gwendolyn Brooks
Raven Wilkinson
Billy Taylor
Melvin Van Peebles
Leroy Jones
Gloria Steinem
Gwendolyn Knight
Ron Milner
Elizabeth Catlett
Riva Helfond
Betye Saar
Marcia Tucker
George C. Wolfe
Helen Rosen
August Wilson
Nora Brooks Blakely
Haki Madhubuti
Jacob Lawrence
Lerone Bennett Jr
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Gene Young
Oscar Brown
Quincy Jones
Crew
Henry Adebonojo
Camera
David Allen
Video
Sam Allen
Advisor
Dwight Andrews
Theme Music
Alison Bassett
Post-Production Supervisor
Sheila Curran Bernard
Writer
Joann Y Brown
Production Accountant
Peter A Brown
Sound Recordist
Christine Burrill
Camera
Frank Capria
Animator
Hazel V Carby
Advisor
David Carnochan
Editor
Michael Chin
Camera
Sara Chin
Sound Recordist
Che Chisholm
Production Assistant
Gautam K Choudhury
Sound Recordist
Betty Ciccarelli
Editor
Betty Ciccarelli
Writer
Tom Curran
Camera
Thulani Davis
Story By
Thulani Davis
Other
Alexandra Degonzalez
Production Assistant
Bryan Donnel
Production Assistant
Deb Driscoll
Audio Post-Production
Doug Dunderdale
Assistant Camera Operator
Jon Else
Camera
Robin Espinola
Film Research
Robin Espinola
Production Assistant
Benjamin Falkner
Production Assistant
Carole Flink
Assistant
Henry Louis Gates
Advisor
Gerald Gill
Advisor
Ronald K Gray
Camera
Denise A Greene
Writer
Denise A Greene
Segment Producer
Henry Hampton
Executive Producer
Eric W Handley
Editor
Tony Hardmon
Assistant Camera Operator
John Hazard
Director Of Photography
Martin Hilton
Assistant Camera Operator
Charles R Hunt
Sound Recordist
Judy Irola
Camera
Julia John
Other
Wesley Jones
Archival Footage
Robin D G Kelley
Advisor
Rena Kosersky
Music Supervisor
Robert Lavelle
Other
Michelle Ling
Production Assistant
Turlach Macdonagh
Production Assistant
Jamie Marlowe
Assistant Camera Operator
Paul Massari
Segment Associate Producer
Grant Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Greg Mccleary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James A. Miller
Advisor
Hilary Morgan
Assistant Camera Operator
Katy Mostoller
Segment Associate Producer
Genevieve Nicolas
Production Assistant
John Osborne
Sound Recordist
Ana Ossowski
Film Research
Rolf Padula
Sound Recordist
Natalie Pangaro
Other
Sam Pollard
Writer
Sam Pollard
Co-Executive Producer
Sam Pollard
Segment Producer
Derrick Primus
Production Assistant
Sarah Quinney
Production Assistant
Guthrie Ramsey
Advisor
Nicholas Ravich
Production Assistant
James Richards
Production Assistant
William Richards
Production Assistant
Deborah Richardson
Film Research
Marcus Roberts
Music Arranger
Marcus Roberts
Music
Terry Kay Rockefeller
Producer
Julie Rosenberg
Post-Production
Dan Rothenberg
Producer
Bonnie Rowan
Film Research
Michael Ruschak
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Rutenbeck
Editing
Tanayi Seabrook
Researcher
Robert Shepard
Camera
Robert Shepard
Director Of Photography
Tony Slocum
Audio Post-Production
Bill Stokes
Other
Tracy Heather Strain
Segment Producer
Tracy Heather Strain
Writer
Amy Sullivan
Assistant Camera Operator
Adil Syed
Assistant Editor
J T Takagi
Sound Recordist
Geof Thurber
Audio Post-Production
Forrest Thurman
Assistant Camera Operator
Susumu Tokunow
Sound Recordist
Chris Tolliver
Production Assistant
Jill Tufts
Assistant Camera Operator
Joyce Vaughn
Production Manager
Marcus Aaron Walker
Production Assistant
Jonathan Weaver
Assistant Camera Operator
Kenny Williams
Production Assistant
Tom Williams
Sound Recordist
Judith Wilson
Advisor
Sarah Wolozin
Segment Associate Producer
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
