Freedom Road (1979)
1979 · 3h 6m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Ján Kadár
Writers: Howard Fast, David Zelag Goodman
Music by: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Terry James
Cinematography: Charles Correll
Editor: Anne Goursaud, George Folsey Jr.
Cast
Muhammad Ali as Gideon JacksonKris Kristofferson as Abner LaitRon O'Neal as Francis CardozaEdward Herrmann as Stephen HolmesJohn McLiam as President Ulysses S. GrantOssie Davis as NarratorBarbara O. Jones as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)Sonny Jim Gaines as Brother PeterJoel Fluellen as James AllenbyJean Foster as Ellen AllenbyGrace Zabriskie as Ruth LaitBill Mackey as TrooperMore like this
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