| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aljernon Tunsil | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Stanley Nelson | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Writer |
Laurens Grant | Crew | Production | Producer |
Sally Jo Fifer | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Molly Schwartz | Crew | Visual Effects | Animation |
Jennifer Crystal Chien | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
Nicole London | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
Garry Waller | Crew | Visual Effects | Animation |
 Eldridge Cleaver | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
 Felipe Luciano | Cast | Actor | Self - Young Lords |
 Fred Hampton | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
 Jamal Joseph | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party |
 Julian Bond | Cast | Actor | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] |
 Kathleen Cleaver | Cast | Actress | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Edward Hanrahan | Cast | Actor | Self - State's Attorney (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan) |
 Elaine Brown | Cast | Actress | Self - Black Panther Party |
Ericka Huggins | Cast | Actress | Self - Black Panther Party |
Dennis Cunningham | Cast | Actor | Self - Attorney |
Deborah Johnson | Cast | Actress | Self - Black Panther Party (as Akua Njeri [Deborah Johnson]) |
 David Lemieux | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party |
Bob Lee | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Ray Gaul | Cast | Self - Oakland Police Department | |
Beverly Gage | Cast | Actress | Self - Historian |
Sherwin Forte | Cast | Self - Black Panther Party | |
Flores Forbes | Cast | Self - Black Panther Party | |
Emory Douglas | Cast | Self - Black Panther Party | |
Clayborne Carson | Cast | Actor | Self - Historian |
 William Calhoun | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party |
 Scot Brown | Cast | Actor | Self - Historian |
Omar Barbour | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party |
 Blair Anderson | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party |
Roland Freeman | Cast | Self - Black Panther Party | |
Ronald Freeman | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party |
Mark Kurlansky | Cast | Actor | Self - Writer |
Mike Klonsky | Cast | Actor | Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS] |
Phyllis Jackson | Cast | Actress | Self - Black Panther Party |
Elbert Howard | Cast | Actor | Self - Black Panther Party (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard) |
Jeff Haas | Cast | Self - Attorney | |
Tarika Lewis | Cast | Self - Black Panther Party | |
Ron McCarthy | Cast | Self - Los Angeles Police Department | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
