This "teaser" represents the interviews, footage and images that will be featured in "Brooks People" (2017), a short documentary and "Cool: On Gwendolyn Brooks" (2018), a feature length documentary. Both projects are directed by Shahari Moore. Edited by Alaric Martin. Sound by Sam Fell. Primary narrator shot by Keith Nixon. Interviews and B Roll shot by Kamau Tyehimba, Ife Olatunji, Bryce Ray, Derek Grace, David Weathersby, Kay the Kreator Smith, and Lonnie Edwards. Assisted by Sherhara Downing and Lee Grant.