Freedom Road
Freedom Road
1979
Drama
TV Movie
3h 6m
Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, plays Gideon Jackson, an ex-slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. and battles other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land they tended all their lives. (imdb)
Directed by:
Ján Kadár
Writers:
David Zelag Goodman
14 total credits
David Zelag Goodman has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Straw Dogs, Logan's Run, Straw Dogs, Eyes of Laura Mars and Farewell, My Lovely
14 total credits
Howard Fast has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Spartacus, Mirage, Spartacus, Penelope and Rachel and the Stranger
Starring:
Ossie Davis
74 total credits
Ossie Davis has 74 credits at Criticker, including: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client
101 total credits
Kristoffer Kristian "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, but he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein...(Wikipedia)
83 total credits
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys...(wikipedia)
72 total credits
Edward Kirk Herrmann (born July 21, 1943) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, and to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as an ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s...(Wikipedia)
65 total credits
Grace Zabriskie has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Grudge, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
30 total credits
Muhammad Ali has 30 credits at Criticker, including: When We Were Kings, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Facing Ali, I Am Ali and Muhammad and Larry
19 total credits
John McLiam has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Sleeper, The Missouri Breaks, The Food of the Gods, Bite the Bullet and The Culpepper Cattle Co.
25 total credits
Ron O'Neal has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Red Dawn, The Final Countdown, When a Stranger Calls, Super Fly and A Force of One
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Cast & Info
Directed by:
Ján KadárWriters:
David Zelag Goodman 14 total credits
David Zelag Goodman has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Straw Dogs, Logan's Run, Straw Dogs, Eyes of Laura Mars and Farewell, My Lovely
14 total credits
Howard Fast has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Spartacus, Mirage, Spartacus, Penelope and Rachel and the Stranger
Starring:
Ossie Davis 74 total credits
Ossie Davis has 74 credits at Criticker, including: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client
101 total credits
Kristoffer Kristian "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, but he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein...(Wikipedia)
83 total credits
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys...(wikipedia)
72 total credits
Edward Kirk Herrmann (born July 21, 1943) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, and to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as an ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s...(Wikipedia)
65 total credits
Grace Zabriskie has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Grudge, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
30 total credits
Muhammad Ali has 30 credits at Criticker, including: When We Were Kings, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Facing Ali, I Am Ali and Muhammad and Larry
19 total credits
John McLiam has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Sleeper, The Missouri Breaks, The Food of the Gods, Bite the Bullet and The Culpepper Cattle Co.
25 total credits
Ron O'Neal has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Red Dawn, The Final Countdown, When a Stranger Calls, Super Fly and A Force of One
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