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Freedom Song (2000)

Freedom Song (2000)

Drama TV Movie

A father, a son and a movement that would change America forever.

Release Date: 2000, February 27
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
Countries: United States of America
Production: Turner Films
Cast: David Strathairn, Michael Jai White, Jason Weaver, Stan Shaw, Danny Glover, Glynn Turman, Loretta Devine, Vondie Curtis-Hall, John Beasley, Marcello Thedford, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Vicellous Shannon

Overview:

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.