a Trillium Studios Production

in association with John Rubin Productions, Inc.

Executive Producer  John Rubin
Producer and Writer   Cary Wolinsky
Writer, Editor, and Director  Yari Wolinsky
Production Designer  Barbara Emmel Wolinsky
Associate Producers  Wiktoria Michałkiewicz, Rian Brown

Featuring
Rick Brown
Laura Brown
Thomas C. Hubka
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Alicia Spence
Mikkel Johansen
Gerald David
Marcin Kamiński
Antony Polonsky
Maria Piechotka
Rashin Fahandej
Ariel Rosenblum
Jason Loik
Krista Lima
Evelyn Tauben
Rabbi Michael Schudrich

Cinematographers
Yari Wolinsky
Dan D’amore
Tadeusz Kieniewicz

Additional Cinematography  Robert Mrozowski

Additional Sound Recordists
Richard Stack
Dennis Ganz
Maud Dillingham
Ivo Krankowski

Production Assistant in Sanok  Kelley Sullivan
Unit Producer in Warsaw  Ivo Krankowski

Still Photography Assistants
Tomasz Ratter
Mirek Kaczmarek
Marcin Aniszewski

Warsaw Equipment Provided by
Cukry Studio
Fastmedia  
Heliograf 

Animation
Crazybridge Studios
5000k Digital Imaging, Rick Kyle, Greg Montague
Jared Flynn

Additional Animation
Mike Beganyi Design & Consulting, Llc

Colorist
    Henninger Media Services
  David Markun
    
Audio Post Production
Heart Punch Studio

Re-Recording Mixer
Greg Mccleary

Post-Production Intern
Avery Robertson

Archival Research Consultant
Rich Remsberg

Additional Research
Sarah Bellingham

Polish Language and Map Consultant
Edward Mitukiewicz

Subtitles
Magda Grabowska
Ivo Krankowski
Edward Mitukiewicz

Maria Piechotka Translation
Joanna Trzeciak

Hebrew Language Consultant
Witold Wrzosiński

Grant Writing Consultant
Rachel Cylus

Legal Counsel
    Michael Melford, Melford Law
Sandra Forman, Law Office of Sandra Forman

Insurance 
    Gordon Insurance, LLP

Archival Materials
Archive of Science of Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Art Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Art Resources, New York
Boston Public Library
Bridgeman Images
David Brandt
Das Bundesarchiv
Center for the Documentation in Sejny Borderland
Department of Architecture Faculty of Architecture Polish Warsaw University of Technology 
Event Communications, Ltd. 
    The German Historical Museum
Getty Images
Hällisch - Franconian Museum of Art and Cultural History
Handshouse Studio
Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Oy
Landov Media
Library of Congress
Korporation Luzern
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Museum of the City of Leipzig
Museum of the Lubomirski Princes at Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław, Pawlikowski Collection
Museum of the Warsaw University of Technology

National Archives in Krakow, Wawel Castle
National Archives and Records Administration

National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
National Library of Israel
National Library of Warsaw
National Museum Krakow, Prince Czartoryski Foundation
National Museum Krakow
National Museum Warsaw
The Old Synagogue, The Historical Museum of the City of Krakow
Scientific Library of Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences 
The Royal Castle in Warsaw
Royal Castle, National Museum Warsaw
Sheldon Stern
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Alois Breier’s Collection
Timber Framers Guild
Trillium Studios, Cary Wolinsky Archives
Yad Vashem
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Moldovan Family Collection

In memory of
Edward Levin
(1947 - 2013)

MUSIC

Raise the Roof post-production funded in part by 

This film was made possible with support from:

David and Penny Alschuler
Andrzej Rojek
Abraham and Sarah Sherman
Elizabeth H. Smith
Alex Steinbergh and Rebecca Bedell
and

Special Thanks

The filmmakers thank Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, The Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland and Handshouse Studio for research assistance and for providing access during the Gwoździec synagogue roof and ceiling project and installation.

ARC Interiors sp. z o.o.
Art Exhibitions Office in Rzeszów
AVIR sp. z o.o.
Beth El Temple Men’s Club, West Hartford
Bente Kahan Foundation in Wrocław
The Boeing Company
The Borderland Foundation in Sejny
Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, Hingham
Dwór Mejera in Senjy
Music Gardens Foundation in Warsaw
Fulbright Scholar Research Program
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków
Gdańsk City Gallery
Gospoda in Sejny
Jewish Community Centre in Kraków
Jewish Community in Gdańsk
Jewish Community in Warsaw
Jewish Community in Kraków
Jewish Community in Wrocław
Jewish Historical Institute
Kryjówka Restaurant in Rzeszów
Państwomiasto Gallery in Warsaw
PEKAES S.A.
PKN Orlen S.A.
PSW Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Art in Warsaw
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Ohio State University
Mleczarnia Café in Wroclaw
Municipal House of Culture in Szczebrzeszyn
National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw
National Yiddish Book Center
Oberlin College, Friends of the Oberlin College Library
Restauracja Renesans in Zamość
Restauracja Żydowska Ariel in Krakow
Restauracja Pub Chrząszcza in Szczebrzeszyn
The Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok
The Royal Castle in Warsaw
The Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture
Tempel Synagogue in Krakow
Tutto Bene in Krakow
University of Georgia Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
Vassar College, Maurice Sitomer Lecture Series
Warsaw Jewish Cemetery
White Stork Synagogue Centre for Culture and Jewish Education in Wrocław

In Memory
Edward Levin (1947 - 2013)

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Biographies of the Filmmakers

Biographies of Featured Commentators and Composers/Musicians

Gwozdziec Animals

Q&A with Yari Wolinsky, Director

Q&A with Cary Wolinsky, Producer

Q&A with Rick and Laura Brown, Handshouse Studio

Raise the Roof Archival Material

Photos

Graphics for Public Screenings