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User Rating:
7.2/10   576 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Phil Alden Robinson (written by) and
Stanley Weiser (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 February 2000 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Father, a Son and a Movement that would Change America Forever.
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Absolute rave more (4 total)

Cast

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Danny Glover ... Will Walker

Vicellous Reon 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

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly ... Dora Charles (as Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly)
Marcello Thedford ... Tyrone Franklin

David Strathairn ... Peter Crowley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Henderson Baker ... Buddy Stone

Donna Biscoe ... Mrs. Summer
Peter Bonner Briggs ... Bus Station Arresting Officer
Patti Briscoe ... Miz Golson
Randal Brown ... Registrar of Voters
Al Butler ... U.S. Marshal
Jerry Campbell ... Angry Farmer
Joe Cobb Jr. ... Racist Cop
Jeff Coopwood ... Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (voice)
Erika N. Dennis ... Arrested Student
David J. Dennis Jr. ... Arrested Student
Shay Dobson-Webb ... Owen Walker (Newborn)
Deborah Duke ... Colored Waiting Room Waitress (as Deborah Calloway-Duke)
David Dwyer ... Desk Sergeant
Lowell Faison ... Man at Gas Station
William Flaman ... Officer Roe
Margaret Freeman ... Ms Sugar

Omar Gooding ... Charlie
Bob Graham ... Man at Shack
Martha Nix Granger ... Curch Song Leader
Jesse Hamilton ... Man at Revival Meeting
Brandi Hancock ... Alice
Nita Hardy ... Bus Station Waitress
Tyrone Hicks ... Luther
Scott Brian Higgs ... Woolworth's Manager
Jesse Janowsky ... Bus Station Teenager
Rasool J'Han ... Vida
Pearl Jones ... Femalle Registrant
Felix Justice ... Deacon Turner
Edmund Kearney ... Library Official
Emily Young Keely ... Woolworth's Waitress
Herb Kelsey ... Malle Registrant
Eddie Lambeth ... County Jailer
Denis Larouche

Jason Loftus ... Man in Jail Window
Janell McLeod ... Mrs. Bell
Eva Shoshona Moses-McDew ... Arrested Student
Saad Muhammad ... Arrested Student
Danny Nelson ... Angry Minister
Maxwell Paige ... Farmer at NAACP Mtg.
Jeff Pinney ... White Spectator
Ginnie Randall ... Blind Woman
Sam Robison ... Jail Cop

David Schifter ... Chip

Sonny Shroyer ... Police Chief

Stephen Snedden ... Michael Joad
Christopher Stokes ... Owen Walker (6 Yrs. Old)

Kirk Taylor ... Roland
Chip Thomas ... Angry Citizen
Judge Bradford Tillery ... Judge
Tom Turbiville ... Deputy in Car
Lou Walker ... High School Principal
Damien Dante Wayans ... Bo Drew (as Damien Wayans)

Jeremy Gram Weaver ... Freedom rider

Gregory Alan Williams ... Pullman Porter (as Greg Alan Williams)
Cliff Willman ... 2nd Klansman
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Runtime:
150 min
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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Absolute rave, 20 February 2000
10/10
Author: Some1-2 from Cincinatti, OH

I agree. "Freedom Song" is a surprising, powerful, emotional, sometimes funny, always honest look at the civil rights movement. It focusses mostly on teenagers, and it's fascinating. Terrific acting. And a great score by Sweet Honey in the Rock and James Horner.

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