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Freedom Road

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
Jn-Kadr
12 total credits
Credits include: The Shop on Main Street, The Angel Levine, Lies My Father Told Me and Adrift

Writers:

David Zelag Goodman
David-Zelag-Goodman
14 total credits
Credits include: Straw Dogs, Logan's Run, Straw Dogs, Eyes of Laura Mars and Farewell, My Lovely
,
Howard Fast
Howard-Fast
14 total credits
Credits include: Spartacus, Mirage, Spartacus, Penelope and Rachel and the Stranger

Starring:

Ossie Davis
Ossie-Davis
74 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client
,
Kris Kristofferson
Kris-Kristofferson
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)
,
Alfre Woodard
Alfre-Woodard
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)
,
Edward Herrmann
Edward-Herrmann
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)
,
Grace Zabriskie
Grace-Zabriskie
65 total credits
Credits include: Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Grudge, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
,
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad-Ali
30 total credits
Credits include: When We Were Kings, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Facing Ali, I Am Ali and Muhammad and Larry
,
John McLiam
John-McLiam
19 total credits
Credits include: Sleeper, The Missouri Breaks, The Food of the Gods, Bite the Bullet and The Culpepper Cattle Co.
,
Ron O'Neal
Ron-ONeal
25 total credits
Credits include: Red Dawn, The Final Countdown, When a Stranger Calls, Super Fly and A Force of One

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Freedom Road

1979
Drama
TV Movie
3h 6m
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Ján Kadár
Jn-Kadr
12 total credits
Credits include: The Shop on Main Street, The Angel Levine, Lies My Father Told Me and Adrift

Writers:

David Zelag Goodman
David-Zelag-Goodman
14 total credits
Credits include: Straw Dogs, Logan's Run, Straw Dogs, Eyes of Laura Mars and Farewell, My Lovely
,
Howard Fast
Howard-Fast
14 total credits
Credits include: Spartacus, Mirage, Spartacus, Penelope and Rachel and the Stranger

Starring:

Ossie Davis
Ossie-Davis
74 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client
,
Kris Kristofferson
Kris-Kristofferson
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)
,
Alfre Woodard
Alfre-Woodard
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)
,
Edward Herrmann
Edward-Herrmann
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)
,
Grace Zabriskie
Grace-Zabriskie
65 total credits
Credits include: Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Grudge, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
,
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad-Ali
30 total credits
Credits include: When We Were Kings, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Facing Ali, I Am Ali and Muhammad and Larry
,
John McLiam
John-McLiam
19 total credits
Credits include: Sleeper, The Missouri Breaks, The Food of the Gods, Bite the Bullet and The Culpepper Cattle Co.
,
Ron O'Neal
Ron-ONeal
25 total credits
Credits include: Red Dawn, The Final Countdown, When a Stranger Calls, Super Fly and A Force of One

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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