“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

Antonia Lavine

Amelie Ratliff

Jane Gottesman

Anat Shenker-Osorio

Former Mayor of Menlo Park, Catherine Carlton

Ari Vasquez Sansores

Former California State Assembly Member, Sally Lieber

Jill Kunishima

Mary Dirkse

Katharine Earhart

Dafna Golden

Anne Devereux-Mills

Dr. Debbie Glupczynski

Molly Bentley

Danny Wallace

Rose Mukhar

Claudia Pictet

Julie Lawson Timmer

Julie Abrams

Sylvia Paull

Nancy Goldberg

Linda Calhoun

Ian Coleman

Nil Demirçubuk

Ed Pauls and Sharona Shuster

Malik Boykin

Jaime Symons

Glenn Katon

Mary Ford

Independent Arts and Media

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