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Freedom Road (1979)

Freedom Road (1979)

Drama
Release Date: 1979, October 29
Directors: Ján Kadár
Countries: United States of America
Production: Braun Entertainment Group, Worldvision
Cast: Edward Herrmann, Sonny Shroyer, Afemo Omilami, Alfre Woodard, Ritchie Montgomery, Peter Gabb, John McLiam, Kris Kristofferson, Danny Nelson, Grace Zabriskie, William Allen Young, Gregory White

Overview:

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.