Freedom Song (2000)
February 27, 2000Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Danny Glover
Will Walker / Executive Producer
Vicellous Shannon
Owen Walker
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Daniel Wall
Loretta Devine
Evelyn Walker
Glynn Turman
T-Bone Lanier
Stan Shaw
Archie Mullen
Michael Jai White
Coleman Vaughnes
John Beasley
Jonah Summer
Jason Weaver
Isaac Hawkins
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Dora Charles
Marcello Thedford
Tyrone Franklin
David Strathairn
Peter Crowley
Randal Brown
Registrar of Voters
Phil Alden Robinson
Director / Writer / Executive Producer
Stanley Weiser
Writer
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Carolyn McDonald
Executive Producer
Amanda DiGiulio
Producer
Sean Daniel
Executive Producer
John Lindley
Director of Photography
Amy Vincent
Director of Photography
Maysie Hoy
Editor
Robi Reed
Casting
Linda Burton
Production Design
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Freedom Song is a 2000 biographical made-for-television drama film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
The film was made for television and released on February 27, 2000 on the TNT TV channel in the United States. It was written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, and co-written by Stanley Weiser. Winner of the Image Award, Writers Guild of America award, and Golden Gate Award, it stars Danny Glover, Vicellous Reon Shannon, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.