| F. Lee Bailey | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Sandra Bernhard | ... | Herself | |
| Donald Bogle | ... | Himself | |
| Todd Boyd | ... | Himself | |
| Elaine Brown | ... | Herself | |
| LeVar Burton | ... | Himself | |
| George Carlin | ... | Himself | |
| Cee-Lo | ... | Himself | |
| Morris Chestnut | ... | Himself | |
| Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Stanley Crouch | ... | Himself | |
| Ice Cube | ... | Himself | |
| Damon Dash | ... | Himself | |
| Chuck D. | ... | Himself | |
| Dr. Dre | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Eazy-E | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Mark Fuhrman | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Nelson George | ... | Himself | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Herself | |
| Dick Gregory | ... | Himself | |
| Bryant Gumbel | ... | Himself | |
| Lisa Gay Hamilton | ... | Herself | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Himself | |
| Quincy Jones | ... | Himself | |
| Robin Kelley | ... | Himself | |
| Coretta Scott King | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Martin Luther King | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Regina King | ... | Herself | |
| Peter Kosaka | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Talib Kweli | ... | Himself | |
| Ted Lange | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Matt Lauer | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Nia Long | ... | Herself | |
| Jennifer Lopez | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Moms Mabley | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Method Man | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Wynton Marsalis | ... | Himself | |
| Chi McBride | ... | Himself | |
| Paul Mooney | ... | Himself | |
| Bijou Phillips | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Alvin F. Poussaint M.D. | ... | Himself | |
| Richard Pryor | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Michael Rapaport | ... | Himself | |
| Ving Rhames | ... | Himself | |
| Chris Rock | ... | Himself | |
| Tim Roth | ... | (archive footage) | |
| John Salley | ... | Himself | |
| M.C. Serch | ... | Himself | |
| Tupac Shakur | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Ron Shelton | ... | Himself | |
| Brooke Shields | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Russell Simmons | ... | Himself | |
| John Singleton | ... | Himself | |
| Cree Summer | ... | Herself | |
| Fred Williamson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| George C. Wolfe | ... | Himself | |
| Bokeem Woodbine | ... | (archive footage) |
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| Todd Williams | |||
Produced by | |||
| Andrew Cohen | .... | executive producer | |
| Helena Echegoyen | .... | producer | |
| Rakeda Ervin | .... | associate producer | |
| Nelson George | .... | producer | |
| Andretta Hamilton | .... | associate producer | |
| Peter Ochs | .... | consulting producer | |
| Samuel Paul | .... | supervising producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michael Cohen | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Alan Pierce | |||
| Mark Ritchie | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Brad Katz | |||
| Peter Ochs | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Dan Walter | .... | sound mixer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Nneka Goforth | .... | assistant editor | |
| Brad Jones | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Jim Black | .... | music consultant | |
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Words are not value neutral. They express concepts and ideas. Often, words reflect society's standards. This documentary does an outstanding job of exploring just where we are at as a society with regard to...that word. This is a must see. The wide range of the famous and not so famous who provide commentary is worth the price of admission. From the iconic Dick Gregory to George Carlin, Whoopie Goldberg, Sam Jackson, Bryant Gumble and many more, this is stuff that will get you thinking. Add in some archive footage of MLK, Johnnie Cochran, (even Mark Fuhrman!)Moms Mabley, etc. and you have a really noteworthy piece of art on your hands. Again...this is a must see.