Directed by
Mirissa Neff
Produced by
Mirissa Neff
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Co-Produced by
Nadine Kadey
Edited by
Doug Lenox
Mirissa Neff
Cinematography by
Philip Bell
National Wake Band
Footage Produced by
Nadine Kadey
National Wake Band
Footage Cinematography by
Nadine Kadey
Robin Muir
Executive Producers
Kweku Mandela
Kathryn Everett
Bryn Mooser
About the Director
Mirissa Neff is a filmmaker and journalist whose award winning work has appeared on PBS and the BBC. Her work centers around themes of race, music and how images can help people imagine new collective futures. She has worked as a producer and correspondent for PBS’s Sound Tracks, PBS’s Quick Hits, and public television’s Music Voyager. She has reported on music and culture for a number of leading programs on NPR and other public radio outlets. “This is National Wake” is her first film.