- Director/Producer
- Margaret Byrne
- Producer
- Ian Kibbe
- Director of Photography/Producer
- Jon Stuyvesant
- Executive Producer
- J. Cole
- Justine Nagan
- Gordon Quinn
- Betsy Steinberg
- Editor
- Leslie Simmer
- Original Score
- Eric Andrew Kuhn
- Original Music and Title Track
- J. Cole / Dreamville Records
- Written By
- Margaret Byrne
- Leslie Simmer
- Story Consultant
- Gordon Quinn
- Director of Production, Kartemquin Films
- Hillary Bachelder
- Post Production Supervisor
- Ryan Gleeson
- Additional camera
- Margaret Byrne
- Additional Editor
- Hillary Bachelder
- Ryan Gleeson
- Assistant Editor
- Francis Cedro
- Eugene Kobayashi
- Nancy McDonald
- Editing Consultant
- David Teague
- Technical Supervisor
- Jim Morrissette
- Additional Music Composed by
- Robin Landy
- Musicians
- Drew Anagnost
- Leah Gibson
- Jonathan Henderson
- Eric Kuhn
- Robin Landy
- Dina Maccabee
- Lewis Patzner
- Rachel Rollins
- Music Mixed by
- Ari Picker
- Eric Kuhn
- Designer
- Mark Argenti
- Jillian Dudziak
- High Definition Finish
- Nolo Digital Film
- Digital Colorist
- Elliot Rudmann
- Boris Seagraves
- Online Edit
- Elliot Rudmann
- Boris Seagraves
- Producer at Nolo Digital Film
- Joe Flanagan
- Assistant at Nolo Digital Film
- Marina Monks
- AUDIO POST FACILITY
- Trailblazer
- Re-recording mixer/Dialog Editor
- Michel Marrano
- Re–recording mixer/Sound Editor
- Aaron Keane
- Audio Post Supervisor
- Eric W. Johnson
- Executive Director, Kartemquin Films
- Betsy Steinberg
- Vice President of Finance and Operations, Kartemquin Films
- Suzanne Niemoth
- Director of Communications and Distribution, Kartemquin Films
- Tim Horsburgh
- Director of Programs and Engagement, Kartemquin Films
- Beckie Stocchetti
- Finance, Kartemquin Films
- Marriah Kern
- Pedro Urgiles
- Development Associate
- Mo Johnson
- Office and Events Associate
- Emily Strong
- Diverse Voices in Documentary Coordinator
- Justin Williams
- Kartemquin Post Production Manager
- Al Williams
- Transcription
- Lauren Feinman
- Matt Mele
- Andrea Swanson
- Will Swanson
- Legal Counsel to Kartemquin Films
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Robert Labate
- Joi Thomas
- Cheryl Kang
- Additional Kartemquin Staff
- Eleanor Bryan
- Gregory Collins
- Colleen Fitzpatrick
- Tamara Fouche
- Maria Galent
- Nicole Gotthelf
- Alison Hanold
- Andrew Jones
- Matt Lauterbach
- Christine McAlonan
- Alex Stein
- Kartemquin Interns
- Abbie Brasch
- Alexander Skalomenos
- Alexandra Cox
- Andrea Blake
- Aniluz Mercedes
- Anna Hull
- Arpita Aneja
- Ashley Mills
- Ben Schamisso
- Brent Bandemer
- Brian Gersten
- Brooklyn Demme
- Bucher Almzain
- Carlos Cova
- Charlie Kessler
- Clancy Calkins
- Cody Wallace
- Dain Evans
- Daria Taylor
- David Granskog
- Douglas Henry
- Eileen O'Donnell
- Emily Strong
- Erica Avery
- Eugene Kobayashi
- Evan Dolan
- Eve Studnicka
- Felix Ofosu Yeboah
- Hannie Lee
- Hans Glick
- Jessica Naudziunas
- Justin Williams
- Kayla Lane Freeman
- Kazuko Golden
- Kevin Hammontree
- Kristen Zelenka
- Kristin Leffler
- Laura Kinter
- Madeleine Burdzy
- Marcus Davis
- Marriah Kern
- Martine Granby
- Michael Zarowny
- Mihaela Popescu
- Natalie Stone
- Nehemiah Stark
- Nushmia Khan
- Rachel Dickson
- Rachel Glass
- Rachel Rozycki
- Reginald Rice
- Reid Compton
- Rondell Merrill
- Rubin Daniels Jr
- Spenser Gabin
- Stacy Moon
- Stephanie Sunata
- Tracy Ko
- Will Thwaites
- Zachary Vanes
- Beti Films Interns
- Minjin Han
- Mimi Wilcox
- Funding provided by
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- One Economy Corporation
- The Dobkin Family
- Southern Documentary Fund
- Harper Foundation
- David Roswell & Maggie Heraty
- Mark Trustin & Marcia Angle
- Denny Cummings
- Chaz Ebert
- Judy Rice
- Amy & Michael Tiemann
- With Support From
- Raymond Byrne
- IFP Labs
- GoodPitch
- Cucalorus Film Festival

Margaret Byrne
Award-winning filmmaker Margaret Byrne, directed and produced Raising Bertie (POV 2017), a feature documentary following the lives of three African American boys growing up in rural North Carolina. Some of her previous credits include Generation Wealth (2018), All the Queen’s Horses (2017), Emmy-nominated American Promise (POV 2013).

Ian Kibbe
Ian Robertson Kibbe is a freelance filmmaker, writer, producer and musician with over 10 years experience as a producer, director and editor. Ian was the engagement coordinator for the award-winning PBS documentary, The Calling, and its companion campaign, What’s Your Calling (The Kindling Group) and also the engagement coordinator for the Emmy nominated, designer cult hit, Typeface (Kartemquin Films). Ian is currently working on the upcoming Kartemquin documentaries, Raising Bertie and Unbroken Glass. Ian's work has appeared on PBS, CNN, G4, The Health Care Blog, Billboard Magazine and the Huffington Post.

Jon Stuyvesant

Justine Nagan
From 2008-2015, Justine led Kartemquin Films as Executive Director as well as being an Executive Producer on each new film. She was responsible, in concert with the Board of Directors, for creating and implementing the strategic vision for Kartemquin. Justine successfully transitioned to the ED role in a historic founder-led organization, and made major strides in building a foundation for long-term sustainability.

Gordon Quinn
Founder and Senior Advisor
Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun Times, called his first film Home for Life (1966) "an extraordinarily moving documentary." With Home for Life Gordon established the direction he would take for the next four decades, making cinéma vérité films that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people.

Leslie Simmer
Director of Editing, Senior Editor on Staff
Leslie Simmer is Kartemquin's Director of Editing as well as Senior Editor on staff.

Hillary Bachelder
Hillary Bachelder is a documentary director, cinematographer, and editor. She is the former Director of Production at Kartemquin Films and earned both editing and production credits on over a dozen of the company’s critically acclaimed films and series, including the Emmy-award-winning Trials of Muhammad Ali, POV’s Raising Bertie, and Oscar nominated Minding the Gap. In 2015, she was selected to participate in the prestigious Sundance Documentary Edit and Storytelling lab as an up-and-coming editor of promise.

Ryan Gleeson
Ryan Gleeson is a documentary filmmaker based in Chicago, Illinois. After cutting his teeth on his parents' VHSC camcorder and spending a summer editing Hyphenated Humor with the late Jerry Blumenthal, Ryan spent half a decade at Kartemquin Films involving himself in a variety of ways, including but not limited to film production, workflow planning, tape archiving, event planning, and gallery curation. He rose to be Kartemquin's Post-Production Manager.

Eugene Kobayashi
Post-Production Assistant

Jim Morrissette
Technical Director Emeritus
For over thirty-five years, Jim Morrissette has had extensive experience as both a professional videographer and teacher, supporting his conviction that sharing and access are instrumental to the vitality of the independent production community.

Suzanne Niemoth
Suzanne, the Vice President of Finance & Operations at Kartemquin, is a non-profit finance, operations and accounting expert dedicated to building stronger non-profit organizations through better fiscal management and organizational efficiency. Suzanne has a decade of professional experience focused on strengthening the internal capacity of charitable organizations. She believes that navigating the financial challenges unique to non-profits requires a high level of financial accountability, transparency, and integrity. In her role at Kartemquin, Suzanne is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s financial management, general operations, human resources, compliance, information technology, legal affairs and risk management.

Tim Horsburgh
Tim Horsburgh is an independent producer and consultant dedicated to the development, production, marketing, distributing, and impact of award-winning, impactful documentary films.
Serving on Kartemquin staff from 2009-2021, he was most recently Kartemquin’s Director of Film Strategy, leading the organization's original documentaries through their collaborative production model; industry outreach, strategic initiatives, and brand-building; and serving as the point of contact for Kartemquin Producers and Associates.

Pedro Urgiles
Pedro is the Finance Manager at Kartemquin Films. He assists the Director of Finance & Operations in planning and organizing the activities of day-to-day accounting functions. His responsibilities include overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, monthly intercompany processes, and payroll. His interest in documentary films stems from watching Spellbound at a young age as he prepared for a citywide spelling bee.
Matt Lauterbach
Matt Lauterbach is a documentary filmmaker and editor, an educational media developer, and an advocate for accessible media. He crafts engaging non-fiction content for classrooms, museums, and the big screen.

Carlos Cova
A recent graduate from the Northwestern University's Documentary Media MFA, Carlos joins Kartemquin seeking to take part in socially relevant and impactful filmmaking. In the summer of 2015, Carlos was an intern at Kartemquin, helping in different tasks for the communications and outreach of films like Raising Bertie, Almost There and In the Game.

Rachel Dickson
Rachel Dickson is an independent filmmaker based in Chicago with a background in journalism and Spanish translation. She produced ‘63 Boycott with Kartemquin Films, which was named on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Documentary Short Subject, won the Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at the Nashville Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, and was an official selection of the Museum of Modern Art Doc Fortnight and the DOC NYC Short List.