Credits

Producers
Dr. Valerie Mason-John      Dr. Afua Cooper

Executive Producer
John Hennigar-Shuh

Associate Producer
Dawn Harwood-Jones

Creative Directors
Dr. Valerie Mason-John      Dr. Afua Cooper

Director of Camera
Sobaz Benjamin

Historical Consultant
Dr. Afua Cooper

Historical Research
David Woods

Project Concept
Dr. Afua Cooper      Dr. Valerie Mason-John

Archive Researcher
Pat Kipping

Logo Design
Etta Moffatt

Writers
Afua Cooper – “15 Ships” and “Captain Leonard Parkinson
David Woods – “The Panther that Roared“, “Requiem for (Africville) and Africville
El Jones – “James R Johnston
George Elliot Clarke – “Richard Preston
Jacob Sampsons – “William Hall
Sylvia Hamilton – “Letter to my Mother/Portia White
Valerie Mason-John – “The Ghost of Thomas Peters“, “George Dixon“, “Viola Desmond“, and “Captain Leonard Parkinson
Quanda Johnson – “Ellen and William Craft

Actor Casting/Training
David Woods

Actors
Antoine Awabajy
Jayla James
Lindell Smith
Nathan Simmons
Trevor Silver
Quanda Johnson

Performance Poets
Afua Cooper
El Jones
George Elliot Clarke
Sylvia D Hamilton
Valerie Mason-John

Storyteller
Melinda Daye

Camera
Robert Guertin
Everett Stone

Editors
Antione Abawajy
Dawn Harwood Jones

Sound
Ryan Gannon
Rebecca Herritt

Make up
Milla Pak

Project Manager
John Wedderburn

Web Master & Web Design
SinaSys Inc.

Web Consultant
Aaron Johnson
Sina Raeisi

Special Thanks

Taylor Quinn
Esther Rausenberg
Isaac Saney
Michelle Williams
Kim Reinhardt
Jenny Nodelman
Gerry Lunn
Ian Mullan
Sunday Miller
Mr Darcy
Kevin Robins
Lindsey Hunnewell
Paul Ash
Africville Museum
Schulich School of Law
Maritime Museum
Canada Council for The Arts
Palooka’s Gym

Gordon McLennan
Jessica Mailhiot
Shalyn Falomi Jones
Sarah Wakely
Derek Harrison
Richard MacMichael
Alison MacKenzie
Joan Hicks
Carla Wheaton
Elizabeth Sanford
Max Blades
David Woods
Thomas Henderson
The Weldon Law Building
Dalhousie University
Citadel Hill
Kwacha House Cafe
Starbucks Halifax

Partners

TD Then & NowBANDDelmore Canadian Maritime Heritage FoundationJames R. Johnston Chair, Dalhousie UniversityMaritime Museum of the Atlantic

Media Partners
Eastlink
CBC
Herald

Sponsors
Shaw Group Ltd
Marjorie Lindsay
Mickey MacDonald and Colin MacDonald (Palooka’s Gym)
Jack and Joan Cleather
Peter Green
The Craig Foundation

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