Film·1979·3h 6m

Freedom Road

Drama

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.

Directed by Ján Kadár

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Cast

12 credited

Muhammad Ali
Muhammad AliGideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
Kris KristoffersonAbner Lait
Ron O'Neal
Ron O'NealFrancis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann
Edward HerrmannStephen Holmes
John McLiam
John McLiamPresident Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis
Ossie DavisNarrator
Barbara O. Jones
Barbara O. JonesRachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim GainesBrother Peter
Joel Fluellen
Joel FluellenJames Allenby
Jean Foster
Jean FosterEllen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie
Grace ZabriskieRuth Lait
Bill Mackey
Bill MackeyTrooper

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