Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America, from the inner city to small towns like Kristof's hometown of Yamhill, Oregon. While pockets of empathy and aid exist, are they enough to rescue the thousands of Americans in despair, for whom the American Dream of self-reliance is impossibly out of reach?
| Directing | Viva Van Loock | Director |
| Directing | Maro Chermayeff | Co-Director |
| Production | Maro Chermayeff | Producer |
| Production | Maro Chermayeff | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Dupre | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joshua Bennett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joshua Bennett | Producer |
| Directing | Joshua Bennett | Co-Director |
| Camera | Wolfgang Held | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nathan Halpern | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Chris Ruggerio | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Howard Sharp | Editor |
| Editing | David Hoon Newman | Editor |
