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Freedom Road

Freedom Road

(1979)

Overview

Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Ján Kadár
  2. Producer : Chet Walker,Leland Nolan
  3. Writer : David Zelag Goodman
  4. Editor : Anne Goursaud,George Folsey Jr.
  5. Cast : Muhammad Ali,Kris Kristofferson,Ron O'Neal,Edward Herrmann,John McLiam,Ossie Davis,Barbara O. Jones,Sonny Jim Gaines,Joel Fluellen,Jean Foster,Grace Zabriskie,Bill Mackey,Earl D.A. Smith,Alfre Woodard,Fred Covington,Sonny Shroyer,Ernest Dixon,Sylvia Kuumba Williams,Tom Delaney,Ron Gural,William Allen Young,Tony Ross,Eric Washington,Rodney King Adams,Howard Brunner,Howland Chamberlain,Georgia Allen,James Bowman,Don Brady,Robert Bloodworth,Barbara Chaney,Stuart Culpepper,Lionel Ferbis Jr.,Peter Gabb,Ian Graham,Jerome Greene,Bill Holliday,Don Hood,Maurice Hunt,Don Lutenbacher,Ritchie Montgomery,Danny Nelson,Afemo Omilami,Courtney Pledger,David Robbins,Jeremiah Shabazz,Gregory White,Bob Zay

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Original TitleFreedom Road

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1979-10-29

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 03h 06m

Production CompaniesBraun Entertainment Group,Worldvision

Genres

  • Drama

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