| Starring |
| Jay W. Jensen | Drama Teacher |
| with |
| José Behar | President & CEO Univision Music Group |
| Desmond Child | Producer / Songwriter |
| Anthony M. Davis | Music Teacher / Singer Shenandoah Elementary School |
| Adam Epstein | Broadway Producer "Hairspray" "Amadeus" "The Crucible" |
| Roy Firestone | Broadcaster |
| Andy Garcia | Actor / Director / Producer / Musician |
| Annabelle Gurwitch | Actor / Writer |
| Alfie Kohn | Author, "The Schools Our Children Deserve" |
| Rabbi Gregory Marx | Rabbi, Congregation Beth Or |
| Richard C. Milstein | Attorney |
| Bernard P. Nusbaum, MD | Hair Transplant Surgeon |
| Brett Ratner | Film Director "Rush Hour" "Red Dragon" "X-Men 3" |
| Sandy Veith | Comedy Writer "The Jeffersons" "Different Strokes" |
| Debra Zane | Casting Director "American Beauty" "Ocean's 11" "War of the Worlds" |
| Students, Teachers, & Experts from across America |
| Zinse Agginie | Artist in Education & Director of Drumballet Southwest Arkansas Arts Council |
| Timothy Baird, Ph.D. | Superintendent, Ojai Unified School Board |
| Monica Nohely Bautista | Student, Grand View Elementary |
| Sheila Bergman | Executive Director, P.S. Arts |
| Ellery Brown | Principal, New World School of the Arts |
| Doug Burris | Music Teacher & Director of Rock Ensemble Miami Beach Senior High School |
| Rebecca Castle | Acting Student |
| Isani Castro | Student, The Shiny Penny Players |
| James S. Catterall, Ph.D. | Professor, Graduate School University of California |
| Dori Cohen | Acting Student |
| Paul Cothran | Executive Director & Vice President VH1 Save The Music Foundation |
| Yazad Dastur | Student, Grand View Elementary |
| Richard J. Deasy | Director, Arts Education Partnership |
| Karen Del Guercio | Theater Coordinator, Byron Carlyle Theater |
| Lindsay Devine | Acting Student |
| Jason Duchin | Co-Director, DreamYard |
| Elliot W. Eisner, Ph.D. | Lee Jacks Professor of Education & Professor of Art, Stanford University |
| Angela Everett | Music Teacher John Phillip Sousa Middle School |
| Steve Fields | School Board Member Ojai Unified School Board |
| Jennifer Fox | Burlesque Star |
| Jeanne Friedman, Ph.D. | Principal, Miami Beach Senior High School |
| Joyce Garrett | Founding Director Washington Youth Choir |
| David Gilfarb | Painting Student, Young At Art |
| Dana Gioia | Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts |
| Olga Guillot | Queen of Bolero |
| Rikki Horne | School Board Member Ojai Unified School Board |
| Governor Mike Huckabee | Governor of Arkansas |
| Lila Jonas | Acting Student |
| Lillian Katzin | Estate Planner |
| Howard Katzoff | Drama Teacher, P.S. 130 |
| Anna León | Student, Grand View Elementary |
| Daniel Lewis | Dean of Dance New World School of the Arts |
| Solomon Lichter, Ph.D. | Principal, Miami Beach Senior High School (1967-1976) |
| William Lipscomb | Principal, John Phillip Sousa Middle School |
| Robert L. Lynch | President & CEO, Americans for the Arts |
| Yessenia Mercedes | Acting Student, DreamYard |
| Joshua Mitchell | Choir Student, Eastern High School Choir |
| Jarrett Winters Morley | Piano Student |
| Robert B. Morrison | CEO, Music for All Foundation |
| Karen Ogliastri | Acting Student |
| Zöe Oppenheim | Penny Drive Organizer |
| Jon Page, Ed.D | Dean of The Scholars Academy & College Advisor Miami Beach Senior High School |
| Antonio Priscal | Man on the street |
| Eddie Prom | Acting Student, DreamYard |
| Delilah L. Rivera | Acting Student, DreamYard |
| Diane S. Rentner | Deputy Director Center on Education Policy |
| Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D. | Author, "Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative" The J. Paul Getty Trust |
| Susan Sclafani, Ph.D | Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Education |
| Donna Shalala, Ph.D. | President, University of Miami U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services (1993-2001) |
| Mindy Shrago | Executive Director Young At Art Children’s Museum |
| Jaynee Silvers | Acting Student |
| Robert D. Strickland, Ph.D. | Executive Director Division of Life Skills & Special Projects K-12 Arts Programs Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Lucy Thurber | Drama Teacher, DreamYard |
| Jacqueline Trejo | Woman on the street |
| Ruben Valles | Principal, Grand View Elementary School |
| Reg Weaver | President, National Education Association |
| Ellen Winner, Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology, Boston College Senior Research Associate Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| MAIN CREDITS |
| Director | Sara Sackner |
| Producer | Heather Winters |
| Written by | Sara Sackner Heather Winters Joe Morley |
| Executive Producer | Joe Morley |
| Executive Producer | Morgan Spurlock |
| Director of Photography | Mike McGowan |
| Editor | Sean P. Keenan |
| Title Animation & Motion Graphics | David C. Hartwell |
| Original Music | Elliott Goldkind |
| Associate Producer | Jason Colón |
| Line Producer | Jill Kaiser |
| Assistant to the Producers | Heather Thompson |
| Additional Camera | James Mathers Zach Behar Jason Colón |
| Assistant Camera | Jason E. Bennett Freddy Castillo Melissa Johnson Bohne Lipsey Andrés Martínez Melissa Perez Roberto Reyes |
| Sound Recordist | Diego Rodriguez |
| Additional Location Sound | Scott Johnston Larry Scharf Adrian Joyiens |
| Assistant Editor & Transcription | Melissa Johnson |
| Additional Transcription | David Cotner |
| Dialogue Editor | Morgan Winters |
| Production Music Executive | Gwen Bethel Riley |
| Music Supervisor | Linda Osher |
| Post Production Facility | Modern VideoFilm |
| Sound Mixing Facility | WinterWorks |
| Equipment Rentals | Bexel Corporation |
| Transportation | Courier Car Rental Inc. |
| Insurance | D.R. Reiff & Associates |
| Legal | Sloss Law Office |