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Freedom Road (1979)

Movie
Audience Score
48
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NR 3 hr 6 minOct 29th, 1979Drama
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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.
StarringMuhammad AliKris KristoffersonRon O'Neal
DirectorJán Kadár
WriterDavid Zelag Goodman

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Zev Braun
Production Companies:Braun Entertainment Group, Worldvision