Freedom Road (1979)
3h 6m
Running Time
October 29, 1979Release Date

Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.






Currently Freedom Road is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, VUDU Free, Kanopy
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Cast & Crew.

Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson

Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait

Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes

John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant

Ossie Davis
Narrator

Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter

Joel Fluellen
James Allenby

Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby

Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait

Bill Mackey
Trooper

Earl D.A. Smith
Hannibal

Alfre Woodard
Katie

Fred Covington
Sheriff Bentley

Chet Walker
Producer

Sonny Shroyer
Jason Hugar

Ernest Dixon
Marion Jefferson

Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Louise Jefferson

Tom Delaney
Will Boone

Ron Gural
Frank Carlson

William Allen Young
Older Jeff Jackson

Tony Ross
Young Jeff Jackson

Eric Washington
Older Marcus Jackson

Rodney King Adams
Young Marcus Jackson

Howard Brunner
Lawyer Greene

Howland Chamberlain
Isaac Went

Georgia Allen
Mrs. Carter

James Bowman
1st White Trash Delegate

Don Brady
2nd White Trash Delegate

Robert Bloodworth
Major at Convention

Barbara Chaney
Mrs. Ganfret

Stuart Culpepper
Major Walsh

Lionel Ferbis Jr.
Uncle Baddy

Peter Gabb
3rd White Trash Delegate

Ian Graham
Jimmy Lait

Jerome Greene
Black Delegate

Bill Holliday
Yankee Boss

Don Hood
Gen. Ganfret

Maurice Hunt
Dudley Carwell

Don Lutenbacher
Convention Speaker

Ritchie Montgomery
Soldier

Danny Nelson
Auctioneer

Afemo Omilami
Young Black Man with Scars

Courtney Pledger
Mrs. Dupre

David Robbins
Wounded Redshirt

Jeremiah Shabazz
Well-Dressed Black Delegate

Gregory White
Clair Willis

Bob Zay
Roger Dupre

Bill Webb
Set Decoration

Ján Kadár
Director

Tony Brubaker
Stunt Double

Howard Fast
Novel

David Zelag Goodman
Writer

Zev Braun
Executive Producer

Leland Nolan
Producer

Chet Walker
Producer

Terry James
Original Music Composer

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Original Music Composer

Charles Correll
Director of Photography

George Folsey Jr.
Editor

Anne Goursaud
Editor

Daniel A. Lomino
Production Design

Jocelyn A. Cotlon
Set Decoration
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
Freedom Road was a 1979 American TV historical drama mini-series starring boxer Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson, based on the 1944 novel by Howard Fast and directed by Jan Kadar. Running for four hours, it was first broadcast on NBC on October 29 and 30, 1979.
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