Drama · United States of America · 1979 · 3h 6m

Freedom Road

Director

Cast

Muhammad Ali as Gideon Jackson Kris Kristofferson as Abner Lait Ron O'Neal as Francis Cardoza Edward Herrmann as Stephen Holmes John McLiam as President Ulysses S. Grant Ossie Davis as Narrator

Crew

Charles Correll — Director of Photography George Folsey Jr. — Editor Anne Goursaud — Editor Terry James — Original Music Composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson — Original Music Composer David Zelag Goodman — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Ján Kadár Director Charles Correll Director of Photography George Folsey Jr. Editor Anne Goursaud Editor Terry James Original Music Composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Original Music Composer David Zelag Goodman Writer Howard Fast Novel Leland Nolan Producer Chet Walker Producer Daniel A. Lomino Production Design

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