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Freedom Road

MOVIE • 1979

Freedom Road

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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.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Gideon Jackson

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Abner Lait

Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Stephen Holmes

John McLiam

John McLiam

President Ulysses S. Grant

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis

Narrator

Barbara O. Jones

Barbara O. Jones

Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

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Sonny Jim Gaines

Brother Peter

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

James Allenby

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Jean Foster

Ellen Allenby

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Ruth Lait

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Bill Mackey

Trooper

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Earl D.A. Smith

Hannibal

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Katie

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Status

Released

Release

October 29, 1979

Runtime

186 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

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