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
Muhammad Ali Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann Stephen Holmes
John McLiam President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis Narrator
Barbara O. Jones Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim Gaines Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen James Allenby
Jean Foster Ellen Allenby
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