Kasi Lemmons (Director), T.D. Jakes (Producer), Trudie Styler (Producer), Anastas N. Michos (Director of Photography), Kasi Lemmons (Writer), Gersha Phillips (Costume Design), Raphael Saadiq (Original Music Composer), Terilyn A. Shropshire (Editor), Renee Burke (Script Supervisor), Laura Karpman (Original Music Composer), Doug Huszti (Art Direction), Diane Lederman (Set Decoration), Langston Hughes (Theatre Play), Kristi Zea (Production Design), Charlie Dibe (Production Coordinator)