Annapurna Pictures Presents
A Breakwater Original
Fifty years later, the real Melvin Dismukes chronicles his first-hand experience of the infamous Algiers Motel Incident, for which he was wrongly charged with first-degree murder in 1967.
Directed by Ben Proudfoot | ben@breakwaterstudios.com
Cinematography by David Bolen | @davidbolen
Edited by Nick Wright
Original Music by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson
Post-Production Supervision by Dillon Brown
Color by Stephen Derluguian
Sound Supervision & Re-recording by Sean Higgins
Sound Editing by TJ Jacques
Visual Effects & On-Set Dit by David Nieman
Production Sound by Ginge Cox
Grooming & Make-Up by Rashida Williams
Produced by Jeremy Lambert, Richard Graham & Ben Proudfoot
Archival Footage Courtesy of
NBCUniversal Archives
Archives of Michigan
LBJ Presidential library
Walter P. Reuther Library
For Breakwater Studios
Gabe Godoi
Dawn O’Keeffe
Kristi Wenaus
Clarisse Wiedem
Special Thanks to
10 Pins of Trenton
Debbie Dismukes
Johnny Dunn
Megan Ellison
Philip Kafka
Austin Kolodney
Matt Leuthe
Lara McClintock
Michael Risley
The Transfer Lab
Kees van Dijkhuisen Jr.
Clips from DETROIT
Courtesy of Annapurna Pictures
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Shot on Arri Alexa Mini and Cooke Mini s4i
Made with Love by Breakwater Studios Ltd. in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Los Feliz, California
breakwaterstudios.com | @breakwaterstud