Freedom Road

4.8 / 10

(6 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

186 minutes

Year:

1979

Director:

Ján Kadár

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Company:

Braun Entertainment Group,

Worldvision

Cast:
Muhammad Ali

Gideon Jackson

Kris Kristofferson

Abner Lait

Ron O'Neal

Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann

Stephen Holmes

John McLiam

President Ulysses S. Grant

Crew:
Bill Webb

Set Decoration

Ján Kadár

Director

Tony Brubaker

Stunt Double

Howard Fast

Novel

Zev Braun

Executive Producer