Freedom Road (1979)
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: Ján Kadár
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Muhammad Ali as Gideon Jackson |
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Kris Kristofferson as Abner Lait |
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Ron O'Neal as Francis Cardoza |
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Edward Herrmann as Stephen Holmes |
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John McLiam as President Ulysses S. Grant |
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Ossie Davis as Narrator |
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Barbara O. Jones as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones) |
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Sonny Jim Gaines as Brother Peter |
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Joel Fluellen as James Allenby |
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Jean Foster as Ellen Allenby |
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Grace Zabriskie as Ruth Lait |
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Bill Mackey as Trooper |
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Earl D.A. Smith as Hannibal |
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Alfre Woodard as Katie |
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Fred Covington as Sheriff Bentley |
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Sonny Shroyer as Jason Hugar |
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Ernest Dixon as Marion Jefferson |
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Sylvia Kuumba Williams as Louise Jefferson |
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Tom Delaney as Will Boone |
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Ron Gural as Frank Carlson |
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William Allen Young as Older Jeff Jackson |
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Tony Ross as Young Jeff Jackson |
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Eric Washington as Older Marcus Jackson |
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Rodney King Adams as Young Marcus Jackson |
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Howard Brunner as Lawyer Greene |
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Howland Chamberlain as Isaac Went |
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Georgia Allen as Mrs. Carter |
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James Bowman as 1st White Trash Delegate |
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Don Brady as 2nd White Trash Delegate |
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Robert Bloodworth as Major at Convention |
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Barbara Chaney as Mrs. Ganfret |
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Stuart Culpepper as Major Walsh |
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Lionel Ferbis Jr. as Uncle Baddy |
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Peter Gabb as 3rd White Trash Delegate |
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Ian Graham as Jimmy Lait |
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Jerome Greene as Black Delegate |
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Bill Holliday as Yankee Boss |
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Don Hood as Gen. Ganfret |
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Maurice Hunt as Dudley Carwell |
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Don Lutenbacher as Convention Speaker |
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Ritchie Montgomery as Soldier |
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Danny Nelson as Auctioneer |
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Afemo Omilami as Young Black Man with Scars |
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Courtney Pledger as Mrs. Dupre |
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David Robbins as Wounded Redshirt |
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Jeremiah Shabazz as Well-Dressed Black Delegate |
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Gregory White as Clair Willis |
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Bob Zay as Roger Dupre |
| Art | Bill Webb | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Ján Kadár | Director |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunt Double |
| Writing | Howard Fast | Novel |
| Writing | David Zelag Goodman | Writer |
| Production | Zev Braun | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leland Nolan | Producer |
| Production | Chet Walker | Producer |
| Sound | Terry James | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Charles Correll | Director of Photography |
| Editing | George Folsey Jr. | Editor |
| Editing | Anne Goursaud | Editor |
| Art | Daniel A. Lomino | Production Design |
| Art | Jocelyn A. Cotlon | Set Decoration |
