awards and credits

A film by
Rob Epstein and
Richard Schmeichen

Directed by
Rob Epstein

Produced by
Richard Schmeichen

Edited by
Deborah Hoffmann/Rob Epstein

Associate Producer
Greg Bex

Assistant Editor
Thomas O’Shea

Music Composed & Performed by
Mark Isham

Cinematography
Frances Reid

Sound
Dan Gleich

Graphic Art Director
Michael McNeil

Narration Writers
Judith Coburn/Carter Wilson

Photo Research
Wendy Zheutlin

Print Media Archivist
Robert Hawk

Sound Editor
John Benson

For the television laboratory at
WNET/Thirteen-Non-Fiction Television:

Coordinating Producer
Kathy Kline

Executive Producer
David Loxton

awards

Academy Award Winner
Best Feature Documentary

New York Film Critics Circle Award
Best Documentary

George Foster Peabody Award
University of Georgia School of Journalism

Special Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival

Grand Prix
Lyon Film Festival

3 National Emmy Awards
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Outstanding Informational Special
Outstanding Editing
Outstanding Interviewing

Featured Screenings
Telluride Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Cinema Du Reel (Paris)
Berlin Film Festival
American Film Festival
Antwerp Film Festival
Filmex
Jerusalem Film Festival
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Sydney Film Festival
Munich Film Festival
New Zealand Film Festival
Melbourne Film Festival
Sundance Festival
National Tour of the Soviet Union