Freedom Song
Freedom Song
Release: 2000-02-27
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 5.5
Drama
TV Movie
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Turner Films
Cast
Danny Glover
as Will Walker
Vicellous Shannon
as Owen Walker
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Daniel Wall
Loretta Devine
as Evelyn Walker
Glynn Turman
as T-Bone Lanier
Stan Shaw
as Archie Mullen
Michael Jai White
as Coleman Vaughnes
John Beasley
as Jonah Summer
Jason Weaver
as Isaac Hawkins
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
as Dora Charles
Marcello Thedford
as Tyrone Franklin
David Strathairn
as Peter Crowley
Crew
Danny Glover
Executive Producer
Carolyn McDonald
Executive Producer
Phil Alden Robinson
Executive Producer
Sean Daniel
Executive Producer
John Lindley
Director of Photography
Amy Vincent
Director of Photography
Maysie Hoy
Editor
Robi Reed
Casting
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
Phil Alden Robinson
Director
Phil Alden Robinson
Writer
James Horner
Original Music Composer