Freedom Road
Freedom Road
Release: 1979-10-29
·Runtime: 186m
·★ 4.8
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. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Braun Entertainment Group
Worldvision
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Edward Herrmann
as Stephen Holmes
Peter Gabb
as 3rd White Trash Delegate
Don Hood
as Gen. Ganfret
Muhammad Ali
as Gideon Jackson
Ron O'Neal
as Francis Cardoza
Ossie Davis
as Narrator
Joel Fluellen
as James Allenby
Danny Nelson
as Auctioneer
Barbara O. Jones
as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Alfre Woodard
as Katie
William Allen Young
as Older Jeff Jackson
Howland Chamberlain
as Isaac Went
Kris Kristofferson
as Abner Lait
Sonny Shroyer
as Jason Hugar
Gregory White
as Clair Willis
John McLiam
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Grace Zabriskie
as Ruth Lait
Ritchie Montgomery
as Soldier
Afemo Omilami
as Young Black Man with Scars
