Freedom Riders
Release Date: 2010-02-01
Runtime: 117 min
Genre(s): documentary, History
Director: Stanley Nelson
Producer(s): Laurens Grant, Stanley Nelson
Production Country: United States of America
Original Language: English
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:
Bernard LaFayette Jr., Brandt Ayers, C.T. Vivian, Catherine Burks-Brooks, Charles Person, Clayborne Carson, Delores Boyd, Derek Catsam, Diane McWhorter, Diane Nash, Ernest Patton Jr., Evan Thomas, Frederick Leonard, Gary Thomas Rowe, Genevieve Houghton, Glenda Gaither Davis, Gordon Carey, Hank Thomas, Harris Wofford, Israel Dresner, James Lawson, Janie Forsyth McKinney, Jerry Ivor Moore, Jim Zwerg, Joan Mulholland, John Lewis, John Patterson, John Seigenthaler, Mae F. Moultrie Howard, Moses Newson, Pauline Knight-Ofosu, Raymond Arsenault, Sangernetta Gilbert Bush, Ted Gaffney, Tommy Giles, William Harbour
Crew:
Stanley Nelson (Writer), Lewis Erskine (Editor), Aljernon Tunsil (Editor), Stanley Nelson (Director), Laurens Grant (Producer), Stanley Nelson (Producer), Mark Samels (Executive Producer)