Frederick Douglass: An American Life

"This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass."

Cast

Hugh Morgan

as Frederick Douglass

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

as Anna Douglass

Ebony Jo-Ann

as Harriet Tubman

Stephanie Berry

as Rosetta Douglass

Janet Ellis

as Julia Griffith

Lee Moore

as John Brown

William Curtis

as William Lloyd Garrison

Jacqueline Scates

as Helen Pitts Douglass

R.A. Montgomery

as Frederick (Young Man)

Don Plumley

as Hern

Charles Reid

as Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Wooten Jr.

as Frederick (Little Boy)

Crew

William Greaves

Director

William Greaves

Producer

Lou Potter

Writer

William Greaves

Writer

Dwight Williams

Co-Producer

Louise Archambault

Co-Producer

Alonzo Speight

Editor

William Greaves

Editor

Juliana Wang

Director of Photography

Charles Blackwell

Assistant Camera

Stanley Nelson

Sound Recordist

John Dandre

Sound Editor

David Greaves

Sound Editor

Blair Hubbard

Sound Mixer

Rick Dior

Sound Mixer

Louanne Gillaland

Art Direction

Myrna Colley-Lee

Costume Design

Kevin Board

Makeup Artist

Jay Pearlman

Makeup Artist

Harry Caldwell

Production Manager

Tim Radford

Executive Producer

Benjamin Quarles

Researcher

Dickson J. Preston

Researcher

John Blassingame

Researcher

Jane Chandler

Technical Advisor

Marilyn Nickels

Technical Advisor

Pam West

Technical Advisor

Tyra Walker

Technical Advisor