Freedom Song (2000)
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This made-for-TV movie focuses on the grassroots efforts of a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to combat the entrenched racism of the segregated South. The film focuses on Owen Walker (Vicellus Reon Shannon), a youth who longs to address the injustices of his hometown in rural Mississippi. His father Will (Danny Glover) forswore his own previous attempts to organize local blacks. Owen resents his father, until he too realizes the true cost of protesting. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Danny Glover, Vicellous Shannon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Freedom Song
This made-for-TV movie focuses on the grassroots efforts of a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to combat the entrenched racism of the segregated South. The film focuses on Owen Walker (Vicellus Reon Shannon), a youth who longs to address the injustices of his hometown in rural Mississippi. His father Will (Danny Glover) forswore his own previous attempts to organize local blacks. Owen resents his father, until he too realizes the true cost of protesting. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 117 mins
Complete Cast of Freedom Song
- Danny Glover - Will Walker
- Loretta Devine - Evelyn Walker
- Stan Shaw - Archie Mullen
- John Beasley - Jonah Summer
- Marcello Thedford - Tyrone Franklin
- Vicellous Shannon - Owen Walker
- Glynn Turman - T-Bone Lanier
- Michael Jai White - Coleman Vaughnes
- Jason Weaver - Isaac Hawkins
- David Strathairn - Peter Crowley
- Director(s):
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Writer(s):
- Stanley G. Weiser, Phil Alden Robinson
- Producer(s):
- Amanda DiGuilio
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