Still I Rise is lovingly dedicated to the memory of Rory Duffy and the extraordinary resilient youth and staff at Covenant House California in Oakland who inspired the film.” -Sheri Shuster


FILM CREDITS

Sheri Shuster, Director and Producer

Rory Duffy, Executive Producer

James Grisom and Sheri Shuster, Editors

Original artwork by Jeremy Vernon


Still I Rise was made possible by the generous support of:

JaMel Perkins

Berkeley Film Foundation

Layda Negrete

Frances and John Raeside

PricewaterhouseCoopers Charitable Foundation

Harnisch Foundation

Elizabeth Rosner

Yolanda Smith

Layda Sansores

Cindy Holbrook

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ADDITIONAL CREDITS:

Academy-award nominated director James LeBrecht, Sound Remix

Emmy Award-winning Producer, Layda Negrete

DJ Johnson, Producer

Frances and John Raeside, Associate Producers

Lydia Tuan, Associate Producer

Dr. Nikki Jones, Advisor

Maureen Gosling, Editorial Advisor

Original music by Jennifer Johns, Claybon Jelani aka Sinestro, Leah Albright-Byrd, James Grisom, Jerry Grisom, and Daniella Shuster

Gary Coates, Colorist

Sound Design and Mixing, IMRSV Sound

John Nutt, Film Guru

Luis Damian Sanchez, Sheri Shuster, James Grisom, Juan Pablo Bedoya, Mike Miller and Layda Negrete, Cinematographers

Film Partners

The Still I Rise Team is proud to be have partnered with and been supported by: The African American Policy Forum / Re-Present Media/ Berkeley Film Foundation/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center/ UpFront KPFA Radio / UC Berkeley Department of African American Studies / Crosscurrents KALW San Francisco Public Radio / KTVU News / Freedom FWD/ San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women / Parlay House / #HerDreamDeferred/ Congresswoman Barbara Lee / Palo Alto VC Roundtable / Awesome Without Borders / Nexus Global Youth / San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking / National Council of Jewish Women / M.I.S.S.S.E.Y. / How Women Lead / East Bay Women’s Network / Saul Zaentz Award / GLIDE / Denton Black Film Festival

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