How They Got Over

How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.

Crew

Robert Clem

Director, Editor, Cinematography, Producer

Alan Hostetter

Cinematography

Tommy Wier

Cinematography, Associate Producer

J.R. DiAndrea

Executive Producer

Jim Lenard Thompson

Executive Producer

Mike Tannen

Producer

Ed Hardin

Associate Producer

Barbara Piper

Associate Producer

Eugene Woods

Associate Producer

Thomas Negovan

Associate Producer

Jerry Zoltan

Co-Producer

Opal Louis Nations

Co-Producer

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