Freedom Road 1979
Freedom Road
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.
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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Full Cast & Crew... Gideon Jackson
... Abner Lait
... Francis Cardoza
... Stephen Holmes
... President Ulysses S. Grant
... Narrator
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Release Date:
Oct 29, 1979 (United States)
Run Time:
3hr 6`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
Freedom Road
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Gideon Jackson
... Abner Lait
... Francis Cardoza
... Stephen Holmes
... President Ulysses S. Grant
... Narrator
... Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
SJG
Sonny Jim Gaines... Brother Peter
... James Allenby
JF
Jean Foster... Ellen Allenby
... Ruth Lait
BM
Bill Mackey... Trooper
EDS
Earl D.A. Smith... Hannibal
... Katie
... Sheriff Bentley
... Jason Hugar
ED
Ernest Dixon... Marion Jefferson
... Louise Jefferson
TD
Tom Delaney... Will Boone
RG
Ron Gural... Frank Carlson