A film by Interactive Filmmaking with the Black Filmmaker Foundation

Directed by Leba Haber Rubinoff

Starring

Tomi Townsend as Keisha
Maryam Basir as Cielo
0tha "01" Miller as 01
Naomi Lampkin as Aaliyah
La Bruja as herself
Tuffy Questel as himself
KC Jockey as himself
Monique Curnen, video dancer
Jada Lewis, video dancer
Alana Attanasio, video dancer


Documentary
Dr Roxanne Shante
MC Lyte
Michaela angela Davis
La Bruja
Toni Blackman
Violeta Galagarza
Akiba Solomon
Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia
Rha Goddess

Website & Documentary Producers
Producer
Leba Haber Rubinoff
Katrina Prescott
Co-producer
Martha Diaz

Film Producers
Leba Haber Rubinoff
Monique Curnen
Katrina Prescott

Co-Producer
Ed Martin

Executive Producer
Warrington Hudlin

Site Design / Motion Graphics
Kounterattack Design

Cinematographers
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Jason Lampkin

Production Coordinator (Website)
Asha Sundararaman

Art Department
Alex Taveras
Douglas Santos

Make-up
Brandon Zimoyier
Laynea Roberts

Editors
Leba Haber Rubinoff
Nik Lokensgard
Daniel Lawren

Post Production Sound, documentary
Jesse Hofrichter 

Still Photography
Derrick Gomez / Glasshouse Images

Promotional Illustration
Toofly Designs

Website Forum Moderators
Rokafella
Raqiyah Mays
Sharese Bullock, Listen Up!
Sam (genderberg.com)


Website Staff
Jordan West
Rolando Brown
Raquel Wilson
Beth Sachoff
Wanda Rodriguez
Natasha Spady
Aiko Tanaka
Renoly Santiago
Natalie Paul
Elenni Davis


Advisors/Mentors
(in no particular order)
Warrington Hudlin
Michaela angela Davis
Darlene Haber
Toni Blackman
Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia
Akiba Solomon
Katie Marsh
Marc Clapham
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Rolando Brown
Dr. Roxanne Shante
Tricia Rose
Marcella Runell Hall
Rha Goddess
Lisa Osborne
Sharese Bullock
Barbara Abrash
Sha Sha Feng
Roberta Uno
Orlando Bagwell

Interns
Victoria Andrews
Alyson Spivak
Christine

Education Guide Contributors
Hip Hop Association
Global Action Project
Mara Washburn

Community Outreach
Hip Hop Association
Listen Up!
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
We Got Issues!
I Rhyme Like a Girl
We B Girlz
Take Back the Music/Essence Magazine

Music
Music by Circle of Entertainment Inc.
Audio Mixing/Editing : I. M. NASTY and Young Michael K. SuccessMusical Scoring by I. M. Nasty
Additional scoring by Nik Lokensgar

"Where My Ladies at?"
Written by Panta and Mark Mclaughin
Produced by cito
Performed by Starr Blackshere Instrumental track "Boom"
Produced by eblue

"Doing It Right"
Performed & Written by: Nina B
Produced by: Xtra Slamez
Ravenel Records

"For The Ladies Pt. 1"
Performed & Written by: Nina B
Produced by: Gemstone
Ravenel Records

"Playin' Wit Words"
Performed by: Sean Chris Terry
Written/Arranged/Produced by Sean Chris Terry

"Nuyorico"
Performed by: La Bruja
Written by: C De La Luz & V Padilla
Published by De La Luz Inc (SESAC)

"Party Spirit"
Performed by: KC Jockey
Sweet Sadie Productions
ATMG Worldwide

"Tic Toc"
Performed by: KC Jockey
Sweet Sadie Productions


Special thanks: Ford Foundation, Black Filmmaker Foundation, Kounterattack Design, Hip Hop Association, Global Action Project, Listen Up!, Circle of Entertainment, Youtube, Myspace, SAG, Take Back the Music Campaign, Essence Music Festival, Sarox Global Group, Ill Tongue Management, Ravenel Records, Jason Lampkin and the Lampkin family, We B Girlz, Catfight magazine, Martha Cooper, Nika Kramer, Powerhouse Books, Jamel Shabazz, Eddie Pagan, Sharon La Cruise, Du Art, Smooch Café, Karun Koernig, Lisa Osborne, Gulzada Bafina, Dawn Glover, Tina Imm, Jamie Rupert, Ron Lochard, Glasshouse Productions, NOHO Studios, Jill Losquadro, Diana Coryat, Sumitra Rajkumar, Circle of Entertainment, Eugenie Louis-Joseph, John Lee, Marcella Runell Hall, Sarah and Dr. Shante, Peter Kang, Nina B, Amber Ravenel, Sean Chris, Kesu James, Monica Potts, Danny Hoch, Melissa Ulto, Megatron, Essence Magazine, Miami Light Project, Future Aesthetics, Full Circle Soul, B Girl Be, Apocolypse, Black Girls Rock!, Brian Seth Hurst, AFI Digital Content Lab, Rip and Roll, Paperslam, Q-borough, Fantasies (New Jersey), Cielo (Lotus), Clyde Valentin, Sabrina Gordon, P. Anandan, Kentaro Toyama, Megan Hill, Faux Reel Productions, G.A.S., Alysia Reiner and David Basche , Shayshahn MacPherson, Tesah Linton, Sweet Sadie Records, Lexi Chow, Deborah Moss, Darlene Haber, Lindsay Seckendorf, Bruce Seckendorf, LL Business Management, Joel Spivak, Tricia Rose, Ulysses Terrero, The Panty Raiders, Dre, Roberta Uno, Orlando Bagwell.

In Memory of Sekou Sundiata, poet, teacher and mentor to many of us

This project was made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation

A project of the Black Filmmaker Foundation