Movie, 1979
Freedom Road
IMDb 5.2, 186 min, Drama, United States of America
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
20 credited
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)
SJ
Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
JF
Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
BM
Bill Mackey
Trooper
Details
DirectorJán Kadár
WritersHoward Fast, David Zelag Goodman
GenreDrama
Runtime186 min
ReleasedMon, Oct 29, 1979
CountryUnited States of America
IMDBtt0079173
