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Underground Railroad: The WIlliam Still Story

Program Credits

Written, Produced & Directed by
LAINE DREWERY
 
Directors of Photography
MICHAEL ELLIS, csc
MICHAEL GRIPPO, csc
 
Editor
GEOFF MATHESON
 
Production Manager
SUSANNE CUFFE
 
Production Designer
PETER TWIST
 
Associate Producers
RITA KOTZIA
ELEISHA McNEILL
KATE VINER
 
William Still
DION JOHNSTONE

Other Performers
SIDNEY STILL . . . . . . . . . .OLUNIKE ADELIYI
HENRY 'BOX' BROWN . . .  BRYAN ANKRAH
PETER STILL . . . . . . . . . .  RUFUS CRAWFORD
JANE JOHNSON . . . . . . . . CHEMIKA BENNETT-HEATH
 
Narrated by
SEAN FRANCIS
 
Music by
BRUCE FOWLER
JOE SEALY
 
Additional Musicians
JACKIE RICHARDSON
KEVIN BREIT
NEIL CHAPMAN
 
Additional Photography
MIKE NOLAN
JOSEPH LIPARI
 
Location Sound
IGAL PETEL
ALISTER BELL
MIKE MYDREN
 
Sudio Mix
MIKE DUNCAN
 
Production Coordinator for WNED-TV
SUFANA WAJED
 
Historical Consultants
SPENCER CREW
JAMES HORTON
BRYAN PRINCE
ROSEMARY SADLIER
 
Extras
YOMI ADESIDA
CLARISSA ANSON
MICHAEL ASHMAN
VERNELL BAKER
P. RODNEY BARNES
KEVIN BRATHWAITE
CHERICE BROWN-HAMMILL
DARIUS BUDDINGTON
CYRUS BUDDINGTON
BEVERLEY BYFIELD
COLIN CARLTON
JESSICA CHARLES-GRAY
WINSOME COOPER
LEONARD R. DUNBAR
RICHARD CARSON DURVEN
DORETT EMANUEL
EVE ENGLISH
D'JANO HENNINGHAM
DESMOND HENNONGHAM
DIAVION HENNINGHAM
MEGAN HENRY
SHAREEN HYLTON
KAYLA JOUBERT JOHNSON
ZION JOUBERT JOHNSON
ROY LONDON
MARK McKAY
CURTIS MORGAN
JOSEPH MUWANGA-SSEEMAMBO
JANEE OLIVIA
ISMAY PASCALL
CLYDED PHILLIPS Sr.
JERMAINE STEVE PREMPEH
BOLA RAYMOND-OLUBOWALE
ANDRE ANTHONY REID
STEPHEN SIMPSON-GRAHAM
DIONNE WARREN
PAUL WILSON
 
Special Skills Extras 
JOHN H. AIKMAN
GILL BIBBYTOM BISHOP Sr.
TOM BISHOP Jr.
JOE CLARK
JAMES ELLIOTT
LAURA GORDON
JANET KNOWLES
R.O. LIVINGSTONE
CHRIS MacKAY
SARAH REAVLEY
CHARLENE ROBERTS
J. PAUL ROBERTS
TOM ROSS
BRAD STOTT
GLENN STOTT
TRUDY WATSON
 

Assistant Director
MIKE SINYI
 
Gaffer
STEPAN SIVKO
 
2nd Assistant Director
ARMEN KAZAZIAN
 
Special Effects
TIM McELCHERAN
 
Casting Director
GAIL CARR
 
Staging/Camera Assistant
SCOTT DREWERY
 
Key Grip
COLIN MCKAY
 
Lighting
ANDREW SNEYD
SEAN KEAY
 
Electrical
MATTHEW McCALLUM
 
Wardrobe
JENNIFER ROBB
 
Props
PETER TWIST
 
Hair/Makeup
SUE UPTON
LOUISE MCINTOSH
 
Drivers
CHRIS SAMPSON
LIZ HENDERSON
 
Best Boy
MATTHEW WATTS
 
Production Assistants
DAVID DINES
CHRIS SAMPSON
 
Craft Services
SISTER ACT CATERING
 
Assistant Editor
JANE MacRAE
 
Graphics
ELECTRIC SQUARE MEDIA
 
Color Correction
REDLAB DIGITAL
 
Packaging Editor for WNED-TV
CHRIS BOVÈ
 
Promotion for WNED-TV
GWEN MYSIAK
 
Website Design
CHRISTY ANNE MAY
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
 
Development Research and Treatments
WILLIAM COBBAN
STUART HENDERSON
 
Archival Photos
ARCHIVES OF ONTARIO
BEINECKE RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, YALE UNIVERSITY
BROOKLYN MUSEUM
BUXTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE & MUSEUM
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM
CORBIS IMAGES
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
DONALD SCOTT SR.
DR. JAMES SPINA
FOTO MARBURG/ART RESOURCE NY
ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
PRINT & PICTURE COLLECTION, FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA
LIBRARY & ARCHIVES CANADA
LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, USA
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
THE FRIENDS HISTORICAL LIBRARY OF SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL LIBRARIES
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY
U.S. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
 
Special Thanks
Hamilton Conservation Authority
Westfield Heritage Village
Cambell House
Shane Duncan
 
Executive Producer
GORDON HENDERSON
 
U.S. Executive Producer
JOHN GRANT
 
Executive in Charge of Production for WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto
DAVID ROTTERMAN
 
Executive in Charge of Production for Rogers Broadcasting Limited
ALAIN STRATI

Historical document: The Underground Railroad - A Record
Title page from William Still's book, The Underground Railroad.
Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia 1872
Historical flyer for reward for runaway slave.
"Ran Away" newspaper article
XO Gilder Lehrman

With participation of The Government of Canada--Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program, and The Ontario Media Development Corporation--Tax Credit Program

 
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
is produced by
90th PARALLEL PRODUCTIONS LTD
in association sith
RODGERS BROADCASTING LIMITED
and
WNED-TV BUFFALO/TORONTO
who are solely responsible for its content.

Underground Railroad: The William Still Story is a co-production of WNED PBS and 90th Parallel Productions Ltd, Toronto.

Underground Railroad: The William Still Story was made by The Canada Media Fund, Canadian National Railway, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – a private corporation funded by the American People. With additional support from David W. Pretty, Vernon Achber, and Phil Lind. And by PBS.