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Night One: "Politics 101" and "Making a Big Noise"

Produced and Directed by
Louis Alvarez
Andrew Kolker
Paul Stekler

Editor
Peter Odabashian

Director of Photography
Stephen McCarthy

Associate Producers
Robin Espinola
Yosha Goldstein
Nancy Rosenbaum
Liz Bernstein

Segment Cameramen
Jody Eldred
David Leitner
Gene Kois
Jefferson Miller

Segment Editors
Amanda Zinoman
Kenneth Levis
Aaron Kuhn

Advisors
Alan Brinkley
Hodding Carter
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
David Garrow
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Ethel Klein
Ruth Mandel
Dianne Pinderhughes
John Shelton Reed
Richard Slotkin
Linda Williams
James Q. Wilson

Narrator
Rudy Cheeks

Publicity
Tim Fisher

Assistant Editors
Larilyn Sanchez
Ben Jorgensen
Joshua Marston

Additional Camera
Michael Chin
Dieter Kaupp
Jay Kent
John Knoop
Tom Zannes

Additional Sound
Gautam K. Choudhury
Kelly Doran
Peter Frumkin
Mack Melson

Sound Editor
Ray Palagy

On-Line Editors
Craig Seeman
Barbara Egbert

Sound Mixer
Ken Hahn

Archival Sources
ABC News
Bill Stamets
WGN Television
Chicagoland TV

Production Assistants
Isabelle Bousquet
Dana Dean
Julian Fernandez
Maria Jose Gonzalez
Penny Locke
Nessa Pearlson
Persheng Vaziri
Melissa Waldron

Additional Associate Producer
Allison Pennell

Interns
Floyd Atkinson
Noelle Celeste
Shirley Chan
Steve Choe
Heidi Clark
Nicole Cousino
Iman Drammeh
Vita Galvan
Michael Janesch
Arcadia Kim
Andres Leff
Craig Margolies
Jessica Menendez
Claudia Mogel
Anthony Moore
Colleen Norman

For WETA
Coordinating Producer

Polly Wells

Project Associate
Noelle Cwiklinski

Production Controller
Jay Phillips

Production Manager
Jaye Moran

Publicity
Norman Allen
Laura Reimers
Ellie Gamble

Executive-in-Charge
David McGowan

"Vote for Me"
Written by Del Horstmann
Produced by John Serry
Chicago Mood Music
by Tommy Ohman

Music Rights
Rena Kosersky

Logo Design
Mark Alan Stamaty

Animation
Debra Solomon

Special Thanks To
Aaron Retica
Dee Simpson
Alan Bleviss
Studs Terkel

and

All the candidates and campaigns
who gave us access

Very Special Thanks To
Lora Myers
Lois Refkin

A co-production of
The Center for
New American Media
& Midnight Films, New York

and
WETA

Night Two: "Political Junkies" and "The Political Education of Maggie Lauterer"

Produced and Directed by
Louis Alvarez
Andrew Kolker
Paul Stekler

"The Political Education of Maggie Lauterer"
Co-Produced and Edited By
Kenneth Levis

Director of Photography
Stephen McCarthy

Associate Producers
Robin Espinola
Yosha Goldstein
Nancy Rosenbaum
Liz Bernstein

Segment Editor
Joshua Waletzky

Segment Cameramen
Richard Dallett
David Leitner

Narrator
Rudy Cheeks

Publicity
Tim Fisher

Assistant Editors
Larilyn Sanchez
Ben Jorgensen
Joshua Marston

Advisors
Alan Brinkley
Hodding Carter
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
David Garrow
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Ethel Klein
Ruth Mandel
Dianne Pinderhughes
John Shelton Reed
Richard Slotkin
Linda Williams
James Q. Wilson

Additional Camera
Michael Chin
Jody Eldred
Jay Kent
Gene Kois
Jefferson Miller
S.J. Staniski

Additional Sound
Peter Frumkin

Sound Editor
Ray Palagy

On-Line Editors
Craig Seeman
Barbara Egbert

Sound Mixer
Ken Hahn

Additional Editing
Aaron Kuhn
Milton Moses Ginsburg

Production Assistants
Isabelle Bousquet
Dana Dean
Julian Fernandez
Maria Jose Gonzalez
Penny Locke
Rebecca Meadows
Nessa Pearlson
Persheng Vaziri

Additional Associate Producer
Allison Pennell

Interns
Floyd Atkinson
Noelle Celeste
Shirley Chan
Steve Choe
Heidi Clark
Nicole Cousino
Iman Drammeh
Vita Galvan
Michael Janesch
Arcadia Kim
Andres Leff
Craig Margolies
Jessica Menendez
Claudia Mogel
Anthony Moore
Colleen Norman

"Vote for Me"
Written by Del Horstmann
Produced by John Serry

Musicians for Maggie
Sen. Herbert Hyde
Too Hot to Cook
Sheila Kay Adams
Don Pedi

Music Rights
Rena Kosersky

Logo Design
Mark Alan Stamaty

Title Animation
Debra Solomon

Special Thanks To
Charles Cook
Carol Levitt & Michael Fine

and

the Maggie Lauterer for Congress Campaign

Very Special Thanks To
Lora Myers
Lois Refkin

For WETA

Coordinating Producer
Polly Wells

Project Associate
Noelle Cwiklinski

Production Controller
Jay Phillips

Production Manager
Jaye Moran

Publicity
Norman Allen
Laura Reimers
Ellie Gamble

Executive-in-Charge
David McGowan

A co-production of
The Center for New American Media
and Midnight Films, New York

and
WETA

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