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Film / 1979
Freedom Road
Directed by
Ján Kadár
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Muhammad AliGideon Jackson
Kris KristoffersonAbner Lait
Ron O'NealFrancis Cardoza
Edward HerrmannStephen Holmes
John McLiamPresident Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie DavisNarrator
Barbara O. JonesRachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim GainesBrother Peter
Joel FluellenJames Allenby
Jean FosterEllen Allenby
Grace ZabriskieRuth Lait
Bill MackeyTrooper
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Earl D.A. SmithHannibal
Alfre WoodardKatie
Fred CovingtonSheriff Bentley
Sonny ShroyerJason Hugar
Ernest DixonMarion Jefferson
Sylvia Kuumba WilliamsLouise Jefferson
Tom DelaneyWill Boone
Ron GuralFrank Carlson
William Allen YoungOlder Jeff Jackson
Tony RossYoung Jeff Jackson
Eric WashingtonOlder Marcus Jackson
Rodney King AdamsYoung Marcus Jackson
Howard BrunnerLawyer Greene
Howland ChamberlainIsaac Went
Georgia AllenMrs. Carter
James Bowman1st White Trash Delegate
Don Brady2nd White Trash Delegate
Robert BloodworthMajor at Convention
Barbara ChaneyMrs. Ganfret
Stuart CulpepperMajor Walsh
Lionel Ferbis Jr.Uncle Baddy
Peter Gabb3rd White Trash Delegate
Ian GrahamJimmy Lait
Jerome GreeneBlack Delegate
Bill HollidayYankee Boss
Don HoodGen. Ganfret
Maurice HuntDudley Carwell
Don LutenbacherConvention Speaker
Ritchie MontgomerySoldier
Danny NelsonAuctioneer
Afemo OmilamiYoung Black Man with Scars
Courtney PledgerMrs. Dupre
David RobbinsWounded Redshirt
Jeremiah ShabazzWell-Dressed Black Delegate
Gregory WhiteClair Willis
Bob ZayRoger Dupre
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