# Freedom Road (1979)

English · Released 1979-10-29

Freedom Road is a 1979 English film. Alfre Woodard appears in it.

Cast: Alfre Woodard as Katie

## Storyline
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.

## Common questions

### When was Freedom Road released?
Freedom Road was released on 29 October 1979.

### Who stars in Freedom Road?
Alfre Woodard star in Freedom Road.

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