The Picture Taker
80 mins
From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?
Phil Bertelsen
Director
Lise Yasui
Producer
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Executive Producer
Leslie Fields-Cruz
Executive Producer
Tony Decaneas
Executive Producer
Eric Meola
Executive Producer
Robert F. Katz
Executive Producer
Philip W. Hack
Executive Producer
Phil Bertelsen
Producer
Bryan Gunnar Cole
Editor
Jerry Henry
Director of Photography
Aaron Baggett
Director of Photography
Keith Walker
Director of Photography
Betsy West
Editorial Consultant
Erin O'Hara
Original Music Composer