Credits

“Rooted: An Ecology of Gullah Geechee Memory Along the Coast” was produced by the Park Institute of America and the National Parks Conservation Association.

  • Joshua Jenkins

    PRODUCER, EDITOR, VOICEOVER, AND ORAL HISTORY LEAD
    NPCA

  • Karen Kasmauski

    VISUAL STORY DEVELOPER, PRODUCER, AND PHOTOGRAPHER
    PIA and Little Black Dog Productions

  • Ariel Kimberley

    PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR, PRODUCER, AND EDITOR
    PIA

  • Tyler Sammis

    GRANT WRITER AND PROJECT COORDINATOR
    PIA

  • Samantha Richardson

    EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
    samrich.co

  • Arantza Pena Popo

    ILLUSTRATOR
    arantzapopo.com

  • Rob Finch

    FILM EDITOR AND PRODUCER, AND SOUND EDITOR
    &Finch

  • Bill Douthitt

    AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
    Little Black Dog Productions

Special Thanks

Thank you to all of the friends, family, editors, interviewees, community members, and anyone else who made this project possible.

  • André Amigér
    Mahoganee Amigér
    Tendaji Bailey
    John Carr 
    Andrea Cayetano - Jefferson
    Rollen Chalmers
    Tia Clark
    Bridgette Frazier 
    Ted Johnson
    Frank Kidd, Jr. 
    Griffin Lotson
    Vennie Deas Moore
    Queen Quet 
    Elder Carlie Towne
    Stanley Walker
    Tyanna West
    Leevon White

  • Robert Adams
    Kendy Altizer, Santee Delta Project 
    Ed Atkins
    Joni “Osku” Backstrom, University of North Carolina
    Tendaji Bailey
    Kennedy Bennett
    Felicia Boyd, Timucuan Park Foundation
    Braxton Broady
    Djuanna Brockington
    Jason Crowley, Donnelly Foundation
    Albert George
    Tim Gourdine
    Ted Johnson, Southeast Regional Manager, Underground Railroad
    Charles Lane
    Pickney Mikell
    Pastor Albert Morrison, New First Missionary Baptist Church
    Robbie Mottinger 
    Frank Ofeldt, Florida Park Service
    Glenn Roberts, Anson Mills
    Deborah Robinson, Genealogist at Clemson University
    Dale Rosengarten
    Ayden Schirmacher 
    Joachim “Achi” Treptow, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
    Leevon White
    Eulis Willis, Former Mayor of Navassa

  • Coastal Conservation League
    Donnelly Foundation
    Duke University 
    Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor 
    Reconstruction Era National Park
    Santee Delta Project

  • This project was made possible by the National Park Foundation’s Inclusive Storytelling Grant