"Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided."
Allen Iverson
as Self (archive footage)
Steve James
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Bob Barefield
as Self - Coached Iverson as a Youth
Butch Harper
Dennis Kozlowski
as Self - Iverson's High School Football Coach
Michael Simmons
as Self - Iverson's Friend & Teammate
Jim Spencer
as Self - Former Daily Press Columnist
Imogene James
as Self - Director's Mother
Marcellus Harris
as Self - Pastor & Community Activist
Boo Williams
as Self - Iverson's AAU Basketball Coach
Melvin Stephens
Jim Ellenson
as Self - Melvin Stephens' Lawyer
John Spencer
as Self - Lead Detective on the Case
Linwood Debrew
as Self - Community Activist
Brent Musgrove
as Self - Local Sports Announcer
Bob Hintz
as Self - Former Coach/Local Sports Announcer
David Teel
as Self - Daily Press Sports Columnist
Shaun Brown
as Self - Community Activist/S.W.I.S. Organizer
Alvin 'Buddy' Fox
as Self - Defense Attorney for Samuel Wynn
Joe Fudge
as Self - Daily Press Photographer at the Trial
Linda Wiggins
as Self - S.W.I.S. Supporter
Linda Mines
as Self - S.W.I.S. Founder
David Squires
as Self - Daily Press Columnist 2004-Present
Rudy Langford
as Self - Civil Rights Activist
Bob Killian
as Self - Former Bethel High Teacher
Arthur Lambiotte
as Self - Lawyer for City of Newport News/Iverson's AAU Coach
Joyce B. Hobson
as Self - S.W.I.S. Organizer & Spokesperson
Lester Munson
as Self - Sports Illustrated Writer & Lawyer
Ann Stephens-Cherry
as Self - Daily Press Education Coordinator 1992-96
Jimmy Eason
as Self - Hampton Mayor 1982-98
Mary T. Christian
as Self - Former Delegate, Virginia State Assembly
Lefty Driesell
as Self - James Madison Coach 1993
Mike Jarvis
as Self - George Washington Coach
Bruce Hornsby
as Self
Sue Lambiotte
as Self - Tutor & Educator 1993 (archive footage)
Director
Writer
Producer
Emily Hart
Gordon Quinn
Executive Producer
Keith Walker
Director of Photography
Linda Cohen
Music Supervisor
Liz Kaar
Assistant Editor
Leslie Simmer
Additional Editing
Post Production Supervisor
Dana Kupper
Additional Camera
Adam Singer
Sound Recordist
John Keegan Mathie
Drew Weir
Sound Editor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David O'Brien
Assistant Sound Editor
Arunima Dhar
John Dahl
Keith Clinkscales
Joan Lynch
Connor Schell
Bill Simmons
John Skipper
John A. Walsh
Michael Tollin
Consulting Producer
Kristin McDowell
Associate Producer
Thanks
John Sloss
Peter Jaszi
James Wallace
Leo Sidran
Original Music Composer
Joel Beckerman
Editor