Freedom Road (1979)
Run Time: 3h6m | Release: 29 Oct 1979
Genres: Drama |
Production Countries: United States of America
4.8 / 106 Vote Count
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.
Cast Of - Freedom Road
Crew Members
Gideon Jackson
Abner Lait
Francis Cardoza
Stephen Holmes
President Ulysses S. Grant
Narrator
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Brother Peter
James Allenby
Ellen Allenby