From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?
Crew
Phil Bertelsen
Director, Producer
Paula Heredia
Editor
Bryan Gunnar Cole
Editor
Keith Walker
Director of Photography
Aaron Baggett
Director of Photography
Jerry Henry
Director of Photography
Leslie Fields-Cruz
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Executive Producer
Tony Decaneas
Executive Producer
Philip W. Hack
Executive Producer
Eric Meola
Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer
Robert F. Katz
Executive Producer
Lise Yasui
Producer
Erin O'Hara
Original Music Composer
Sam Pollard
Editorial Consultant
Betsy West
Editorial Consultant
Rachel Dretzin
Editorial Consultant