Film
Freedom Riders
2010 · 1h 57m · Documentary · History
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- 8.0
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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.
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
John Seigenthaler
Self - Nashville resident
Evan Thomas
Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer
John Patterson
Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963
Clayborne Carson
Self - Historian
James Lawson
Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Jerry Ivor Moore
Self - Freedom Rider
Hank Thomas
Self - Freedom Rider
Moses Newson
Self - Journalist (as Moses J. Newson)
Crew
- Stanley NelsonWriter · Director · Producer
- Laurens GrantProducer
- Mark SamelsExecutive Producer
- Aljernon TunsilEditor
- Lewis ErskineEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 1, 2010
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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