2010
7.6 (10 votes)
1h 57m
Genres
Documentary
History
Production Companies
American Experience Films
Freedom Riders
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Stanley Nelson
Director: Stanley Nelson
Producer: Stanley Nelson, Laurens Grant
Top Cast
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
Videos
"Freedom Riders" Trailer
