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A father, a son and a movement that would change America forever.
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.Read moreLess
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
The story
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
Cast & crew
Danny GloverWill Walker
Vicellous ShannonOwen Walker
Vondie Curtis-HallDaniel Wall
Loretta DevineEvelyn Walker
Glynn TurmanT-Bone Lanier
Stan ShawArchie Mullen
Michael Jai WhiteColeman Vaughnes
John BeasleyJonah Summer
Jason WeaverIsaac Hawkins
Marcello ThedfordTyrone Franklin
David StrathairnPeter CrowleyExplore the crew
- Producer
- Amanda DiGiulio
- Director of Photography
- John Lindley
- Director of Photography
- Amy Vincent
- Editor
- Maysie Hoy
- Director
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Writer
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Writer
- Stanley Weiser
- Original Music Composer
- James Horner