Written and Directed by

Roger Ross Williams

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Producers

Femke Wolting, Roger Ross Williams, Bruno Felix

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Executive Producers

CNN Films, Amy Entelis, Courtney Sexton

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Executive Producers

Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Nick Fraser

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Editor

David Teague

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Narration

Staceyann Chin

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Cinematographer

Hans Bouma

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Sound Recordist

Jaap Sijben

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Animation Design

Lucette Braune

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Original Score

Binkbeats

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Motion Graphics

Motoko

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Color Grading

Joel Sahuleka

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Sound Mix

Jaim Sahuleka

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Co-Producer

Ayesha Nadarajah

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Line Producer

Ilja Roomans

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American Jail is a Submarine / SubLA production presented by CNN Films,

Produced as a Why Slavery? production for The Why, with the support of Creative Europe-Media Programme of the European Union,

Netherlands Film Fund Production Incentive, CoBo, Bertha Foundation, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, 

In Co-Production with BBC, CBC, DR, EO, NHK, NRK, SVT, SRF/RTS