1979
4.8 (6 votes)
3h 6m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Braun Entertainment Group
Worldvision
Worldvision
Freedom Road
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Ján Kadár
Director of Photography: Charles Correll
Writer: David Zelag Goodman
Producer: Leland Nolan, Chet Walker
