Freedom Road

1979· 186 min★ 5.7· Drama

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.

Cast: Muhammad Ali, Kris Kristofferson, Ron O'Neal

Director: Ján Kadár