Freedom Riders (2010)
This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a complacent nation. These self-proclaimed, 'Freedom Riders' challenged the mores of a racially segregated society by performing a disarmingly simple act.
- Date of release
- 2010-02-01
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Stanley Nelson
Casting
- Raymond Arsenault — Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'
- Genevieve Houghton — Self - Freedom Rider
- Gordon Carey — Self - Core staff
- Derek Catsam — Self - Historian
- John Lewis — Self - Freedom Rider
- Diane Nash — Self - Student, Fisk University
- Charles Person — Self - Freedom Rider
- Sangernetta Gilbert Bush — Self - Montgomery resident
- John Seigenthaler — Self - Nashville resident
- John Patterson — Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963
- Clayborne Carson — Self - Historian
- James Lawson — Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Interesting facts
Freedom Riders is a 2010 American historical documentary film, produced by Firelight Media for the twenty-third season of American Experience on PBS. The film is based in part on the book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by historian Raymond Arsenault. Directed by Stanley Nelson, it marked the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Ride in May 1961 and first aired on May 16, 2011. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The film was also featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show program titled, Freedom Riders: 50th Anniversary.
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