Freedom Road (1979)
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.
출연진
- 무함마드 알리 — Gideon Jackson
- 크리스 크리스토퍼슨 — Abner Lait
- Ron O'Neal — Francis Cardoza
- Edward Herrmann — Stephen Holmes
- John McLiam — President Ulysses S. Grant
- 오시 데이비스 — Narrator
- Barbara O. Jones — Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
- Sonny Jim Gaines — Brother Peter
- Joel Fluellen — James Allenby
- Jean Foster — Ellen Allenby
- 그레이스 자브리스키 — Ruth Lait
- Bill Mackey — Trooper
흥미로운 사실
- 원작: Freedom Road
Freedom Road is a 1979 American TV historical drama mini-series starring boxer Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson, based on the 1944 novel by Howard Fast and directed by Jan Kadar. Running for four hours, it was first broadcast on NBC on October 29 and 30, 1979.
Production
The cast includes Barbara O. Jones (as Jackson's wife), Ron O'Neal, Edward Herrmann, John McLiam (as Ulysses S. Grant), Sonny Jim Gaines, Joel Fluellen, Grace Zabriskie and Alfre Woodard. It is narrated by Ossie Davis.
It was the final film of director Jan Kadar, who died in June 1979. It had a $7 million budget and was filmed around Natchez, Mississippi because of the historic property in the area.
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