Freedom Road

Freedom Road

4.8 | 1979-10-29 | Drama

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

Bill Webb Set Decoration
Ján Kadár Director
Tony Brubaker Stunt Double
Howard Fast Novel
Zev Braun Executive Producer
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Original Music Composer
Daniel A. Lomino Production Design
Terry James Original Music Composer
George Folsey Jr. Editor
Charles Correll Director of Photography

Cast

Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
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)
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
Jean Foster
Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby

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