CREDITS
LAST UPDATED ON May 16, 2022
Directed, Produced,
Edited and Narrated by
Christian de Rezendes
Episodes 1-4 Written by
Christian de Rezendes
Joey La Neve DeFrancesco
Episodes 5-11 Written by
Christian de Rezendes
Co-Producers
Pat Ferron
Gail Denomme
Original Score by
Stephen Gilbane
Project Advisors - RI
Kevin Klyberg
John Parrillo
Anne Holst
Project Advisors - US/UK
Bob Billington
Natalie Carter
Adrian Farmer
Associate Producers
John Butler
Susan Hayward-Butler
Guest Piano Soloist
John Staples
Graphics by
Melinda Rainsberger
Production Assistant
Adam Hutchins
Interns serving as
Production/Editing Assistants
David Posman
Ryan Gill
Kassandra Lima
Victoria Virtue
Dayle Decker
Peter Drake Howard
Priscilla Montero
Melanie Elhaddad
Julian Borges
Connor Morley
Emilie Toth
Donald Kacmarcik
Savion T. Soares
Jake Douglas
Noah Paknis
Gabriel Valadares
Advisors
Paulette Hamilton
John Flaherty
Interviews (in alphabetical order)
* = Deceased
Michael Abbott
Zach Allen*
David Allison
David Andrews
Chuck Arning
Clarence Arsenault*
Donald Arsenault
Judy Eastman Azar
Ray Bacon
Arnie Bailey
David Barton
Irene Beaudreault
E. Craig Beausoleil
Louise Belisle
Lucien Benoit
Kenneth Bianchi
Bob Billington
Black-Eagle Sun
Maurice Bourget*
Jim Boyes
Merrill Brown
Emilie Buzzi
Lillian Cabral*
Wayne Cabral
Anthony Cardello
Susan Carlson
Charlotte Carrington-Farmer
Culver Choate
David Choate
Genevieve Choate
Stacey K. Close
Anne Conway
Barry Coope*
Nancy Choate Curtis*
Carl Christiansen
Ruth Crownover
Joey La Neve DeFrancesco
David DePetrillo
Armand DeVaudreuil*
Thomas Doherty
Gary Ducharme*
Allan Eggleston
Elliot Eggleston
Robert Ericson
David Everett
Adrian Farmer
Gray Fitzsimons
John Flaherty
Cecilia Flynn*
Jonathan Flynn
Jay Freitas
Millie Freitas*
Bob Gabrielson
Betty Gelinas*
Marc Gelinas
Susan Giuliano
Akeia de Barros Gomes
Richard Graf
Morgan Grefe
Richard Greenwood*
Paulette Hamilton
Robert Harding
Lisa Harlow
Kathy Hartley
George Harvey
Ben Heslin* (Voice)
Stephanie Hitchcock
Anne D. Holst
Fred Hooper
James R. Hooper IV
Richard Howe, Jr.
Alan Hultgren
Alan Hurd*
Cynthia Jones
Steve Kearns
Scott Keefer
Richard Keene
John Kendall
Kevin Klyberg
Philip Kolupaev*
Jamie LeClair
Bob Lowe
David Macaulay
Owen Mahony*
Theresa Mahony
Jean Marchaud
Grace Maynard*
Pamela McCaslin
John Mendes*
Priscilla Miller
Scott Molloy
Gilbert Moore*
Eileen Morris
Tom Mundy*
Alexandria Murray
Donald Murray
Irene Nebiker
John Nelson
Brian Newberry
Ruth Pacheco
John Parrillo
Manny Pedroso
Maria Piette*
Carlton Pipping*
Richard Potenza
David Rennie
Mildred Rennie*
Lynn Richer
Charles Roberts
Jane Allaire Royer
Bill Schnorr*
Lester Simpson
Mary Smedley*
Candace Smith
Art Solomon
Derek Stanley
David E. Stein
John Sutherland
Susan Sutherland
John Symynkywicz*
Raymond Tetreault
Linda Thibault
Barbara Tucker
Wanda Tutaj
Louise Vanhouwe
Barbara Warrington*
George Waterman III
Steve Wilson
Millie Wowk
Ed Yazbak
Gene Yazbak
Vivian Zoe
Character Voices for Letters and Articles
(Added as recorded)
Art Bassett as Alfred Slater Reed
John Butler as Rev. Timothy Allen Taylor
Irene Button as Ruth Slater
Marlon Carey as W.E.B. Dubois
Bruce Church as Moses Brown
Bob Colonna as Henry Plimpton Kendall
John Cormier as Rev. Harvey Eastman
J.P. Cottam as Maxwell Mays
Bob DiMartino as William Osler
Charles Dubois as Ed Wilks
Charlie James as Andrew Ure
Jerry Faricy* as Colonel John A. Rogers, USMC
John Farmer as Samuel Slater
Patricia Finlay as Helen Slater Waterman
Joseph Gallant as Wally Stone
Denise Giblin as Emily Waterman
Fred Grant as George S. White
Nicholas Halar as Elisha Bartlett
Alan Hawkridge as John Slater
David Hopcroft as the Poet
Paul Kandarian as William Smith Slater
Dave Kane as President Rutherford B. Hayes
Brad Kirton as Rufus Waterman III
Bernie Larrivee as Henry Pipping
Emily Luther as Elizabeth Ives Reed
Bob Meo as Thomas C. Powell
Paul Murphy as Byron Andrews
Sissy O'Hara as Ella Reeve Blood
Christian O'Neill as William Albert Slater
Jeff Skillings as Rev. Buck
Fred Sullivan as John Whipple Slater
Chrissy Tillson as Elizabeth Watson
Michael Thurber as John Fox Slater
Geoff White as Anonymous
Phoenyx Williams as Booker T. Washington
Paul Zwolinski as James Slater
Article Voices
Laurie Chartier
Briten Corriveau
Patricia Finlay
Stephen Gilbane
Ann Lilley
John McElroy
Victoria Paradis
Nate Peterson
Ava Sardinha
Original Song "Great Big Somewhere"
written and performed by
Stefan Couture
French-to-English Translation
Carlyne Fournier
Portuguese-to-English Translation
Joshua Abreu
Major Funding Provided by
Rhode Island PBS
John Butler & Susan Hayward-Butler
Rhode Island Council for the Humanties
Heritage Harbor Foundation
Rhode Island Foundation
Felicia Fund, Inc.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc.
Anonymous
Sharon Fox-Slater & Alan Bishop - Australia
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
FLAD: Luso-American Development Foundation
Silgan Dispensing Systems
Empire Guitars
Navigant Credit Union
Marc Normand Gelinas Interior Design
The Residences at Slatersville Mill
National Park Service
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Additional Funding Provided by
Gator's Pub
Waterson Terminal Services
Legion Thirteen
Brigido's Fresh Market
Grant Writers
Christian de Rezendes
Amanda Kwiatkowski
Pat Ferron
Interviews Filmed by
Christian de Rezendes
Aerial Cinematography - Rhode Island
Jim Karpeichik
David Lawlor
Joe Morel
Makato Saloio
Jamie Harrington
Pamela Bhatia
Aerial Cinematography - Connecticut
Brian Reubelt
Aerial Cinematography - South Carolina
Johnny Deal
Aerial Cinematography - Belper, England
James Reader
Contributions of Old Slater Mill
and Hearthside House Museum footage
Jim Karpeichik
Additional Videography (US)
Indy Shome
John Dolber
Peter Drake Howard
Ryan Gill
Julian Borges
Tim Labonte
On-Set Still Photography
Adam Hutchins
Research Additional
Susan Carlson
Adam Hutchins
Sandy Soares
Handwritten Letter Transcriptions
Nataliya Murphy
Ben Scheff
Emma Ledoux
Priscilla Montero
Connor Morley
Emilie Toth
Interview Transcriptions
Leigh Christiansan
Christopher Beauregard
Rawley Chaves
Logo Design & Website Maintenance
Brian Heil
South Carolina Crew
Victoria Broughton
Christopher Mills
BELPER, ENGLAND CREW
"Slater - The Damned Traitor"
Written by Steve Bonham
Directed by David Barton
Actors
Irene Button
Paul Broesmith
Alan Smith
Second Camera
Michael Grove
Production Assistants
Michael Lafond
Natalia Wieczorek
SAMUEL SLATER: HERO OR TRAITOR? (2005)
Courtesy Maypole Promotions, Milford, England
Crew
Written and Directed by Lloyd Johnston
Produced by Rosemary Timms
Director of Photography Peter Emery
Edited by Michael Mulliner
Main cast appearing
Samuel Slater as a Boy - Nicholas Bentley
Samuel Slater as a Young Man - Chris Herriot
Jedediah Strutt - Simon Clark
Mr. Jackson - Lester Simpson
DAVID MACAULAY: MILL TIMES (2001)
Courtesy Unicon Productions
Director and Produced by Larry Klein
Written by Larry Klein, David Macaulay and Mark Olshaker
Interviewers (US & UK)
Amanda de Rezendes
Natalie Carter
Ellen Fishman
John Joseph Gomes
Lisa Harpin
John Parrillo
Eric Piette
Linda Thibault
Photo Retouching
Lew Place
Additional Scanning
Judy Beauchemin
Lew Place
Fred Grant
Michael Holmes
2001 Mill Footage Filmed by
Alan Hultgren
8mm Films Shot by
Susan & Bob* Carlson
Tom Mundy* - Courtesy Sandra Mundy, Lew Place + Scott McGee
Irene Nebiker & Walter Nebiker*
Henry Stone* - Courtesy Wayne Stone, Gary Stone* + Lee Beauregard
Bill Schnorr - Courtesy Lynn Schnorr
The Family of Barbara Warrington*
16mm Slatersville Red Raiders Shot by
Tom Eccleston* - Courtesy Bill Eccleston
"Along the Blackstone" Footage Filmed by
Chuck Arning
8mm and 16mm Film Transfers by
Retro Media - Smithfield, RI
Archive Footage
Provided and Licensed by
Archive Farms - Rhode Island 1947 film
Rhode Island Historical Society - Rhode Island 1921 film & Joe Freitas footage
Articles from
The Boston Globe
The Providence Journal
The Valley Breeze
The Woonsocket Call
Filmed at these Museums
Museum of Work and Culture - Woonsocket, RI
North Mill Museum - Belper, England
Old Slater Mill - Pawtucket, RI
Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills - Matlock, England
Slater Memorial Museum at Norwich Free Academy - Norwich, CT
Photographs, Letters and some Films
Provided by
Blackstone Valley Historical Society
Boston Historical Society
Brown University - John Hay Library
Camden Historical Society - South Carolina
Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum - Ann Holst, Wayne & Christine Cabral
Derbyshire Record Office - UK
Fall River Historical Society
George Waterman III
Harvard University Archives - Records of the College Classes of 1899 and 1911
Hearthside Museum - Lincoln, RI
Holy Ghost Society - Forestdale, RI
Jane and Mukesh Paw - Belper, England
Lowell Historical Society
Maine Maritime Museum - The Nathan R. Lipfert Research Library
Norfolk Charitable Trust - Henry P. Kendall Archives
Norwich Historical Society
Norwich Otis Library
North Smithfield Heritage Association
Northeast Collaborative Architects - Michael Abbott
Old Slater Mill
Providence Public Library - McCarthy Mill Image Collection (1940), Nickerson Architectural Collection
Primrose Fire Department, North Smithfield - Chief Joel Jillson
RE: Investments - David Stein
Rhode Island Department of Transportation - Michael Hebert
Rhode Island Historical Society
Slater Memorial Museum at Norwich Free Academy - The Family of Sheri Slater
Slatersville Congregational Church
St. Paul's School Archives
Archives & Special Collections at the University of Connecticut
University of Michigan - Clemens Library
Wellesley Historical Society
Produced with the Cooperation of
The National Park Service
Illustrations from
"MILL" by David Macaulay
©1983 David Macaulay
Used by Permission of
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
All Rights Reserved.
Family Photographs Courtesy
The Family of Clarence Arsenault*
The Family of John and Lillian Cabral*
Susan and Bob* Carlson
The Family of Paul* and Genevieve Choate
Armand and Susan DeVaudreuil
Judy Donovan
Harvey "Skip" Eastman
Elliott Eggleston
The Family of Cecilia Flynn
The Family of Joe* and Millie Freitas
Edwin Fulasz
The Family of Betty and Norman Gelinas
The Family of Alan* and Connie Hurd
The Hooper Family
Philip Kolupaev
Bob Leclair
The Family of Owen and Theresa Mahoney
Jean Marchaud and Susan Giuliano
Elaine* and Tom Mandeville
Del Maynard
Grace Maynard
Sandra Mundy and Lew Place
Ruth Pacheco
The Family of Maria Piette
David Rennie
Jane Allaire Royer
Lynn Richer
Bill Schnorr
Candace Smith
The Family of Leonard and Anita Stanley*
Wanda Tutaj
The Family of Barbara Warrington*
George Waterman III
Susan Waterman
The Family of Steve Wilson
Additional Historic Photographs and Materials Provided by
Zachariah Allen
Irene Beaudreault
Louise Belisle and John Symyncawicz*
Eugene Berg
David Everett
Bob Gabrielson
Marc Gelinas
Jeff Harris
Steve Kearns
Kendall-Dean School
Thomas and Elaine Mandeville
Gilbert Moore
Irene Nebiker and Walter Nebiker*
The Providence Journal
Linda Rawlings
Mike Scott
SKEO Solutions
St. John's Church
Sam and Betty Walker
The Run of the Mill
Postcards Provided by
Sanford Neuschatz
Slater and Reed Family Paintings owned by
Robert vS. and Betty Sue Reed
John Slater Painting owned by
Robert & Linda Goulet
Thanks
Arnold Bailey
Deborah Baronas
Georgina Boyes
Karen Bradbury
Michael Calo
Bryan and Kayla Caron
Lindy's Tavern - Ron Carter
Malinda Howard
Bill Masser
Robert Merrifield
Providence Art Club
Robert and Betty Sue Reed
The Rhode Island Historical Society
Nancy Smith
Rosemary Timms
Kim and Scott Leahy
Thanks to the press during the making of Slatersville
NRINOW.news - Sandy Seoane
The Valley Breeze
WJAR-TV NBC10 - R.J. Heim
Woonsocket Call - Joe Nadeau
Special Thanks
ALL OF THE ABOVE +
Acumen Real Estate - Carlos Berner
Artistic Images by Pamela Bhatia
Belper Unitarian Chapel
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum
Angel Connell
Natalia de Rezendes
Maia Farish
Deb Gurka
Paulette Hamilton
Holliston Sand - Dudly Development Corporation
John & Melissa Flaherty
Fierce for Shannon - Brian Heil
Amanda Kwiatkowski
Massachusetts Historical Society - Katherine Green
Rhode Island College Film Dept. - Dr. Vincent Bohlinger and Dr. Kathryn Kalinak
Rhode Island Film Office - Steve Feinburg, Carol Conley + Lew Place
Rhode Island Slave History Medallions
Roger Williams University History Dept. - Charlotte Carrington-Farmer & Co.
Jeff Keithline
Maureen Hancock
New England Image & Print - Judy Beauchemin
NSHA - Jerry and Beth Faricy
North Smithfield Fire Dept. - Chief Joel Jillson
Retro Media - Ed DiMeglio and Staff
SENE Film Music and Arts - Phil Capobres and Don Farias
Slater Library - Jewett City, CT
Suomenin Corporation - Bethune, South Carolina - Peter Fox
The Town of North Smithfield
George Waterman III
For Bibliography of written works references, see Bibliography page
Donors
Please see Personal Donations page
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