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Butterfly in the Sky (2022) Poster

(2022)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Bradford Thomason
Brett Whitcomb

Cast (in credits order)  

Jamie Duneier ... Self - Book Review Kid
Alisa Reyes ... Self - Book Review Kid
Tom Puckett ... Self - Book Review Kid
Kenny Blank ... Self - Book Review Kid (as Kenn Michael)
Ed Wiseman ... Self - Reading Rainbow Director
Jason Reynolds ... Self - Young Adult Author
Kathy Kinsner ... Self - Reading Rainbow Producer
Whoopi Goldberg ... Self - Reading Rainbow Guest Star
Twila Liggett ... Self - Reading Rainbow Co-Creator & Executive Producer (as Twila C. Liggett PhD)
Tony Buttino ... Self - Reading Rainbow Co-Creator & Executive Producer
Barbara J. Irwin ... Self - Reading Rainbow Project Assistant (as Barbara J. Irwin PhD)
Pam Johnson ... Self - Former Vice President for Education, WNED (as Pam Johnson PhD)
Larry Lancit ... Self - Reading Rainbow Co-Creator & Supervising Producer
Cecily Truett ... Self - Reading Rainbow Co-Creator & Supervising Producer (as Cecily Truett Lancit)
LeVar Burton ... Self - Reading Rainbow Host & Executive Producer
Stephen Horelick ... Self - Reading Rainbow Music Director
Jill Gluckson ... Self - Reading Rainbow Producer
Ellen Schecter ... Self - Reading Rainbow Writer (as Ellen Schecter PhD)
Mark Mannucci ... Self - Reading Rainbow Director
Dean Parisot ... Self - Reading Rainbow Director
Orly Wiseman ... Self - Reading Rainbow Producer
Robin Fogelman ... Self - Reading Rainbow Producer
Ellen Doherty ... Self - Reading Rainbow Producer
Ari Haberberg ... Self - Reading Rainbow Assistant Director
Nikki Silver ... Self - Reading Rainbow Producer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angela Bassett ... Self - The Wonderful Towers of Watts Guest Narrator (archive footage)
George W. Bush ... Self - 43rd President of the United States (archive footage)
Richard Carlson ... Self - Corporation for Public Broadcasting (archive footage)
Johnny Carson ... Self - The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (archive footage)
Connie Chung ... Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
Tina Fabrique ... Self - Vocalist, Reading Rainbow Theme Song (archive footage)
Peter Falk ... Self - The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner Guest Narrator (archive sound)
Newt Gingrich ... Self - U.S. Speaker of the House (archive footage)
James Earl Jones ... Guest Narrator (archive footage) (archive sound)
Regina King ... Self - 'Max' Guest Narrator (archive sound)
Fred Rogers ... Self - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (archive footage)
Run-D.M.C. ... Self - Hip Hop Group (archive footage)
Salt-N-Pepa ... Self - Hip Hop Group (archive footage)
Janet Weir ... Self - Co-Lyricist, Reading Rainbow Theme Song (archive footage)

Produced by 

Tommy Avallone ... co-executive producer
Dawn Bender ... Coordinating Producer
Nancy Blachman ... co-executive producer
Ali Clark ... co-executive producer
Raymond Esposito ... executive producer
Kathryn Everett ... executive producer
Whoopi Goldberg ... executive producer
Andy Hsieh ... executive producer
Tony Hsieh ... executive producer
Justin Lacob ... executive producer
Tom Leonardis ... executive producer
Lee Leshen ... co-executive producer
Bryn Mooser ... executive producer
John Brooks Pounders ... executive producer
Bryant Saxon ... co-executive producer
Nathalie Seaver ... co-executive producer
Deborah Lee Smith ... co-producer
Amy Bandlien Storkel ... supervising producer
Bryan Storkel ... producer
Bradford Thomason ... producer
Jeff Tullis ... co-executive producer
Mary Wu Tullis ... co-executive producer
Dava Whisenant ... executive producer
Brett Whitcomb ... producer
Jamie Wolf ... co-executive producer

Music by 

The Octopus Project

Cinematography by 

Tony Hardmon
Brett Whitcomb

Editing by 

Bradford Thomason

Sound Department 

Lawrence Everson ... re-recording mixer / sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department 

Kyle Cunningham ... assistant camera
Ted Snow ... additional camera

Editorial Department 

Mikhail Aranyshev ... digital intermediate editor (as Misha Aranyshev)
Jacob Bender ... post production supervisor
Luke Cahill ... colorist
Patrick Simpson ... assistant editor
Dava Whisenant ... consulting editor
Wei Wilson ... post production supervisor

Music Department 

Stephen Horelick ... Opening Credits Music
Danny Reisch ... music editor / score mixer

Additional Crew 

Lisa Callif ... clearance counsel
Stacey Davis ... legal services
Gideon C. Kennedy ... archival producer

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