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Freedom Song (2000)
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
“A father, a son and a movement that would change America forever.”
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 52m
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
Cast
Danny Glover
Will Walker
Vicellous Shannon
Owen Walker
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Daniel Wall
Loretta Devine
Evelyn Walker
Glynn Turman
T-Bone Lanier
Stan Shaw
Archie Mullen
Michael Jai White
Coleman Vaughnes
John Beasley
Jonah Summer
Jason Weaver
Isaac Hawkins
Marcello Thedford
Tyrone Franklin
David Strathairn
Peter Crowley
Crew
- Director
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Writer
- Phil Alden Robinson, Stanley Weiser
- Director of Photography
- John Lindley, Amy Vincent
- Original Music Composer
- James Horner
- Editor
- Maysie Hoy
- Producer
- Amanda DiGiulio
Details
- Release date
- 2000-02-27
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Turner Films