 Jodie FosterNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Albert BrooksSelf | Self |
 Ellen BurstynSelf | Self |
 Frank RichSelf | Self |
 Martin ScorseseSelf | Self |
 Josh BrolinSelf | Self |
 Oliver StoneSelf | Self |
| JJames RisenSelf | Self |
| JJames WolcottSelf | Self |
| JJefferson CowieSelf | Self |
 Bill GatesSelf | Self |
 Joan TewkesburySelf | Self |
 Kurt AndersenSelf | Self |
 Lawrence Hilton-JacobsSelf | Self |
 Seth RogenSelf | Self |
 Wesley MorrisSelf | Self |
| NNaomi FrySelf | Self |
 Patton OswaltSelf | Self |
 Peter BartSelf | Self |
| PPeter BiskindSelf | Self |
 Rick PerlsteinSelf | Self |
 Sam WassonSelf | Self |
 Todd BoydSelf | Self |
 Robert AltmanSelf - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) | Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) |
 David BrinkleySelf - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) | Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) |
 Johnny CarsonSelf - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage) | Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage) |
| KKathy CarterSelf - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage) | Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage) |
 John ChancellorSelf - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) | Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) |
 Frank ChurchSelf - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage) | Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage) |
| SSue ConnorSelf - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage) | Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage) |
