Freedom Road (1979)
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.
Cast
Gideon Jackson
Abner Lait
Ruth Lait
Trooper
Hannibal
Katie
Sheriff Bentley
Jason Hugar
Marion Jefferson
Louise Jefferson
Will Boone
Frank Carlson
Francis Cardoza
Older Jeff Jackson
Young Jeff Jackson
Older Marcus Jackson
Young Marcus Jackson
Lawyer Greene
Isaac Went
Mrs. Carter
1st White Trash Delegate
2nd White Trash Delegate
Major at Convention
Stephen Holmes
Mrs. Ganfret
Major Walsh
Uncle Baddy
3rd White Trash Delegate
Jimmy Lait
Black Delegate
Yankee Boss
Gen. Ganfret
Dudley Carwell
Convention Speaker
President Ulysses S. Grant
Soldier
Auctioneer
Young Black Man with Scars
Mrs. Dupre
Wounded Redshirt
Well-Dressed Black Delegate
Clair Willis
Roger Dupre
Narrator
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Brother Peter
James Allenby
Ellen Allenby
Crew
Director
Novel
Writer
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Editor
Production Design
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Stunt Double
