Freedom Road

Freedom Road (1979)

Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1979-10-29
  • Runtime: 3h 6min
  • Director: Ján Kadár

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Muhammad Ali

      Gideon Jackson

    • Kris Kristofferson

      Abner Lait

    • Ron O'Neal

      Francis Cardoza

    • Edward Herrmann

      Stephen Holmes

    • John McLiam

      President Ulysses S. Grant

    • Ossie Davis

      Narrator

    • Barbara O. Jones

      Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

    • Sonny Jim Gaines

      Brother Peter

    • Joel Fluellen

      James Allenby

    • Jean Foster

      Ellen Allenby

    • Grace Zabriskie

      Ruth Lait

    • Bill Mackey

      Trooper

    • Earl D.A. Smith

      Hannibal

    • Alfre Woodard

      Katie

    • Fred Covington

      Sheriff Bentley

    • Sonny Shroyer

      Jason Hugar

    • Ernest Dixon

      Marion Jefferson

    • Sylvia Kuumba Williams

      Louise Jefferson

    • Tom Delaney

      Will Boone

    • Ron Gural

      Frank Carlson

    • William Allen Young

      Older Jeff Jackson

    • Tony Ross

      Young Jeff Jackson

    • Eric Washington

      Older Marcus Jackson

    • Rodney King Adams

      Young Marcus Jackson

    • Howard Brunner

      Lawyer Greene

    • Howland Chamberlain

      Isaac Went

    • Georgia Allen

      Mrs. Carter

    • James Bowman

      1st White Trash Delegate

    • Don Brady

      2nd White Trash Delegate

    • Robert Bloodworth

      Major at Convention

    • Barbara Chaney

      Mrs. Ganfret

    • Stuart Culpepper

      Major Walsh

    • Lionel Ferbis Jr.

      Uncle Baddy

    • Peter Gabb

      3rd White Trash Delegate

    • Ian Graham

      Jimmy Lait

    • Jerome Greene

      Black Delegate

    • Bill Holliday

      Yankee Boss

    • Don Hood

      Gen. Ganfret

    • Maurice Hunt

      Dudley Carwell

    • Don Lutenbacher

      Convention Speaker

    • Ritchie Montgomery

      Soldier

    • Danny Nelson

      Auctioneer

    • Afemo Omilami

      Young Black Man with Scars

    • Courtney Pledger

      Mrs. Dupre

    • David Robbins

      Wounded Redshirt

    • Jeremiah Shabazz

      Well-Dressed Black Delegate

    • Gregory White

      Clair Willis

    • Bob Zay

      Roger Dupre