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Freedom Riders
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.
Directed by Stanley Nelson, Mark Samels
75
User score
11 votes
Status
Released
Released
February 1, 2010
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
French, English
Top 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)
Mae F. Moultrie Howard
Self - Freedom Rider
Brandt Ayers
Self - Journalist
Janie Forsyth McKinney
Self - Anniston resident
Gary Thomas Rowe
Self - FBI informant
