Goin' to Chicago
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary about the "Great Migration." In the first half of the 20th century, more than five million African Americans journeyed from the cotton fields and Jim Crow environment of the rural South to the promise of a better life in the industrial cities of the North and West. The program follows a
Cast & Crew
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George King
Director
Vertamae Grosvenor
Narration
Viethel Wills
Narration (Home Movie)
Bill Ratner
Voice (Newsreel)
Ann Abadie
Project Administrator (University Of Mississippi)
Felicia Alexander
Publicist (George King & Associates)
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2001
Production Company
George King & Associates
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary about the "Great Migration." In the first half of the 20th century, more than five million African Americans journeyed from the cotton fields and Jim Crow environment of the rural South to the promise of a better life in the industrial cities of the North and West. The program follows a group of former migrants, who return to their Mississippi home for a reunion. Personal experiences are woven together with archival film and photographs, and a soundtrack containing blues, R&B and gospel.
Director
George King
Director
Crew
Ann Abadie
Project Administrator (University Of Mississippi)
Felicia Alexander
Publicist (George King & Associates)
Genevieve Ash
Sound Recordist
Ronald Bailey
Associate Producer
Genie Barringer
Transcription
Barbara Blansett
Production Assistant
Willie Box
Researcher
Karen Whipple Broderick
Apprentice Editor
Alvin Burell
Bookkeeper
Richard Butler
Director Of Photography
Amy Carey
Editor
Adrian Carter
Assistant Cinematographer
Carol Colgate
Bookkeeper
Jacob D Collins
Sound Recordist
Kevin Cross
Production Assistant
Renee Daniel
Publicist
Richard Douglas
Financial Administrator (University Of Mississippi)
Ruthie Ervin
Production Manager
Margaret Eves
Apprentice Editor
William Ferris
Associate Producer
Steve Friess
Production Stills
William Gigniallat Iii
Legal Counsel
Tom Goeble
Researcher
Perry Grebin
Video Graphics
James Grossman
Script Consultant
Bill Hardin
Extra Lighting
Dorothy Hughley
Transcription
Edith Kelman
Production Assistant
George King
Interviewer
George King
Producer
Paula Larke
Researcher
Lisa Lawes
Production Assistant
Charles Leonard
Promotional Design
Paul Linder
Incidental Music (Harmonica)
Julia Mcevoy
Researcher
Eric Mofford
Production Manager
Zakiyyah Mohammed
Publicist
Flora Moon
Sound Recordist
Melissa Moore
Transcription
Kathy Nero
Production Assistant
Jim O'eal
Music Consultant
Sam Pollard
Editorial Consultant
Lou Potter
Writer
Tom Rankin
Production Stills
Chiz Schultz
Executive Producer
Mimi Shaw
Researcher
Katie Shellman
Transcription
Prentiss Smith
Assistant Cinematographer
Roger Tang
Extra Boom Operator
The Edge
Music Consultant
Donald Thomas
Sound Recordist
Aleko Tsabadze
Apprentice Editor
Audrey Turner
Researcher
Mary Margaret Wade
Promotional Design
Mayo Watkins
Interviewer
Thom Watson
Apprentice Editor
Thom Watson
Music Supervisor
Oliver Wells
Incidental Music (Piano And Organ)
Deborah Workman
Publicist
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2001
Production Company
George King & Associates
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
