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Freedom Road

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Calorie Rating: 261
Released: 1979-10-29
Running Time: 186 Minutes
Studios: Braun Entertainment Group, Worldvision,


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 / Directors

Ján Kadár
Director


Cast

Muhammad Ali
Character: Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
Character: Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal
Character: Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann
Character: Stephen Holmes
John McLiam
Character: President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis
Character: Narrator

Barbara O. Jones
Character: Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim Gaines
Character: Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen
Character: James Allenby

Jean Foster
Character: Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie
Character: Ruth Lait
Bill Mackey
Character: Trooper

Earl D.A. Smith
Character: Hannibal
Alfre Woodard
Character: Katie
Fred Covington
Character: Sheriff Bentley

Sonny Shroyer
Character: Jason Hugar
Ernest Dixon
Character: Marion Jefferson
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Character: Louise Jefferson

Tom Delaney
Character: Will Boone
Ron Gural
Character: Frank Carlson
William Allen Young
Character: Older Jeff Jackson

Tony Ross
Character: Young Jeff Jackson
Eric Washington
Character: Older Marcus Jackson
Rodney King Adams
Character: Young Marcus Jackson

Howard Brunner
Character: Lawyer Greene
Howland Chamberlain
Character: Isaac Went
Georgia Allen
Character: Mrs. Carter

James Bowman
Character: 1st White Trash Delegate
Don Brady
Character: 2nd White Trash Delegate
Robert Bloodworth
Character: Major at Convention

Barbara Chaney
Character: Mrs. Ganfret
Stuart Culpepper
Character: Major Walsh
Lionel Ferbis Jr.
Character: Uncle Baddy

Peter Gabb
Character: 3rd White Trash Delegate
Ian Graham
Character: Jimmy Lait
Jerome Greene
Character: Black Delegate

Bill Holliday
Character: Yankee Boss
Don Hood
Character: Gen. Ganfret
Maurice Hunt
Character: Dudley Carwell

Don Lutenbacher
Character: Convention Speaker
Ritchie Montgomery
Character: Soldier
Danny Nelson
Character: Auctioneer

Afemo Omilami
Character: Young Black Man with Scars
Courtney Pledger
Character: Mrs. Dupre
David Robbins
Character: Wounded Redshirt

Jeremiah Shabazz
Character: Well-Dressed Black Delegate
Gregory White
Character: Clair Willis
Bob Zay
Character: Roger Dupre


Production and Crew

Zev Braun
Executive Producer

Chet Walker
Producer
Terry James
Original Music Composer

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Original Music Composer
Charles Correll
Director of Photography

Daniel A. Lomino
Production Design
Jocelyn A. Cotlon
Set Decoration

Bill Webb
Set Decoration
Tony Brubaker
Stunt Double