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Directed by 
Richard O’Connor

Executive Producers
Michael Garofalo
Rachel Hartman
Dave Isay

Producer
Savannah Winchester

Senior Audio Producer
Michael Garofalo

Audio Produced by
Nadia Reiman

Supervising Sound Recordist
Hilary Marshall

Audio Mixed By
Jarrett Floyd

Animation by
Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC

Design
Taisiya Zaretskaya

Animators
Taisiya Zaretskaya
Natalie Greene

Art Production
Ruyin Tsai

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
“Sage the Hunter” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Album Landsman Duets
Published by Blue Dot Sessions

Special Thanks
Janaki Symon
Melissa Wilbur

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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