Alvin Ailey was een Amerikaanse danser en choreograaf die in 1958 het wereldberoemde Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater oprichtte. Hij veroverde de ballet- en danswereld met Afro-Amerikaanse choreografieën en composities. Het dansgezelschap staat tegenwoordig onder artistieke leiding van Robert Battle en eerde haar oprichter in 2020 door hiphopdanser Rennie Harris een choreografie over diens leven te laten maken. Dat stuk vormt het uitgangspunt voor Jamila Wignots documentaire waarin we zien hoe Ailey als plattelandsjongen uit Texas verliefd werd op moderne dans en vervolgens uitgroeide tot de belangrijkste choreograaf van Amerika.
Nee, helaas is Ailey nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Naiti Gámez | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Daniel Bernard Roumain | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Saoirse Hahn | Researcher |
| Editing | Rebecca Kent | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Crew | Sultana Isham | Additional Music |
| Crew | Minna Choi | Additional Music |
| Crew | Darrin Ross | Additional Music |
| Crew | William Bentley | Post-Production Manager |
| Editing | Cory Smith | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ally Southwood-Smith | Additional Editing |
| Production | Bernard Ellouk | Production Assistant |
| Production | Amanda Lalezarian | Production Assistant |
| Production | Lillie Fleshler | Production Assistant |
| Art | Al Malonga | Production Design |
| Production | Jamila Wignot | Producer |
| Production | Tony Hsieh | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Jamila Wignot | Director |
| Production | Lauren DeFilippo | Producer |
| Production | Nancy Blachman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Sarah Blachman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Emily Blavatnik | Executive Producer |
| Production | Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Everett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matt Gottesfeld | Associate Producer |
| Production | Roberto Grande | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lauren Haber | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephen Ives | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Kantor | Executive Producer |
| Production | Judy Kinberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bryn Mooser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mimi Pham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amanda Pollak | Executive Producer |
| Production | Patty Quillin | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Jenny Raskin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Annukka Lilja | Editor |
