Movie Description
Freedom Riders
(2010)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Stanley Nelson
- Producer : Laurens Grant,Stanley Nelson
- Writer : Stanley Nelson
- Editor : Lewis Erskine,Aljernon Tunsil
- Cast : Raymond Arsenault,Genevieve Houghton,Gordon Carey,Derek Catsam,John Lewis,Diane Nash,Charles Person,Sangernetta Gilbert Bush,John Seigenthaler,Evan Thomas,John Patterson,Clayborne Carson,James Lawson,Jerry Ivor Moore,Hank Thomas,Moses Newson,Mae F. Moultrie Howard,Brandt Ayers,Janie Forsyth McKinney,Gary Thomas Rowe,Diane McWhorter,Ted Gaffney,Harris Wofford,Jim Zwerg,Frederick Leonard,C.T. Vivian,Bernard LaFayette Jr.,William Harbour,Catherine Burks-Brooks,Delores Boyd,Tommy Giles,Joan Mulholland,Ernest Patton Jr.,Pauline Knight-Ofosu,Israel Dresner,Glenda Gaither Davis
Cast
Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Core staff
Self - Historian
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Student, Fisk University
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Montgomery resident
Self - Nashville resident
Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer
Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963
Self - Historian
Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Journalist (as Moses J. Newson)
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Journalist
Self - Anniston resident
Self - FBI informant
Self - Writer
Self - Photographer
Self - Assistant to President Kennedy
Self - Exchange student, Fisk University
Self - Student, Tennessee State University
Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Montgomery resident
Self - Aide to governor Patterson
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Freedom Rider (as Ernest 'Rip' Patton Jr.)
Self - Freedom Rider
Self - Rabbi, Freedom Rider
Self - Freedom Rider
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Facts
Original TitleFreedom Riders
Status Released
Release Information
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2010-02-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 57m
Production CompaniesAmerican Experience Films
Genres
- Documentary
- History
