Freedom Road (1979)

Name: Freedom Road
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979-10-29
Duration: 186 min
Cast: Muhammad Ali, Kris Kristofferson, Ron O'Neal, Edward Herrmann, John McLiam

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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Released 1979-10-29 · 186 min · Drama

Directed by Ján Kadár

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
Barbara O. Jones as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim Gaines as Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen as James Allenby
Jean Foster as Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie as Ruth Lait
Bill Mackey as Trooper
Earl D.A. Smith as Hannibal
Alfre Woodard as Katie
Fred Covington as Sheriff Bentley