Movie
Freedom Road
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.
Movie Stats
+5%
3h 6m
Runtime duration
Language
EN
Year
1979
Rating
4.8/10
6 votes • HD
People
Cast & Crew
Directors:
Ján Kadár
0.3
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
1.0
Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
0.4
Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
1.0
Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
1.0
John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant
0.6
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
0.5
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby
1.3
Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
Bill Mackey
Trooper
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