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Directed by
Richard O’Connor

Executive Producers
Michael Garofalo
Rachel Hartman
Dave Isay

Producer
Savannah Winchester

Audio Produced by
Michael Garofalo

Supervising Sound Recordist
Michael Ramberg

Audio Mixed By
Jarrett Floyd

Animation by
Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC

Design & Animation
Taisiya Zaretskaya

Art Production
Taisiya Zaretskaya
Ruyin Tsai
Natalie Greene

Original Music
Joshua Abrams

Music Performed by
Joshua Abrams
Hamid Drake
Marquis Hill
Emmett Kelly
Adam Thornburg

Music Mixed by
Joshua Abrams
Neil Strauch

Outro Music by
“Halloween Surfer” by Peter Cottrial
From the Album Hello Sunshine
Published by SOHO Metro Park

Special Thanks
Sheena Jacob
Juliet Jegasothy

In Partnership with
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
NPR
POV

Funding Provided by
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
A private corporation funded by the American people.

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