Freedom Road
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.
Release Date
October 29, 1979Runtime
186 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Ján KadárWritten by
David Zelag GoodmanLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
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
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
Alfre Woodard
Katie
Sonny Shroyer
Jason Hugar
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Louise Jefferson
William Allen Young
Older Jeff Jackson
Howland Chamberlain
Isaac Went
Don Hood
Gen. Ganfret
Ritchie Montgomery
Soldier
Danny Nelson
Auctioneer
Afemo Omilami
Young Black Man with Scars
Gregory White
Clair WillisImages
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Muhammad Ali in Freedom Road (1978)
Cast48 cast members
Crew15 crew members
Posters3 images
Clips1 video