Watch Freedom Road (1979) Official Trailer
5.2 / 10 IMDb October 29, 1979 3h 6m
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.
Director
Runtime
3h 6m
Release Date
October 29, 1979
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Producers
Cast
Muhammad Ali
as Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
as Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal
as Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann
as Stephen Holmes
John McLiam
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis
as Narrator
Barbara O. Jones
as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
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Sonny Jim Gaines
as Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen
as James Allenby
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Jean Foster
as Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie
as Ruth Lait
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Bill Mackey
as Trooper
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Earl D.A. Smith
as Hannibal
Alfre Woodard
as Katie
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Fred Covington
as Sheriff Bentley
Sonny Shroyer
as Jason Hugar
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Ernest Dixon
as Marion Jefferson
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Sylvia Kuumba Williams
as Louise Jefferson
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Tom Delaney
as Will Boone
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Ron Gural
as Frank Carlson
Production Companies
Braun Entertainment Group
Worldvision
Freedom Road Official Trailer 1979
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