Freedom Song (2000)

Directed by

Phil Alden Robinson

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1960s Mississippi, high school students join the Freedom Summer movement to help African Americans register to vote. They face opposition from white residents and also from their own parents who fear the violent consequences of speaking out.

inspirationalearnestpoignantdeterminedtensehopefulsoberinghistoricalfamily-focused

What happens

Freedom Song is a 2000 biographical made-for-television drama 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 film was made for television and released on February 27, 2000, on the TNT TV channel in the United States. It was written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson and co-written by Stanley Weiser. Winner of the Image Award, Writers Guild of America award, and Golden Gate Award, it stars Danny Glover, Vicellous Reon Shannon, and Vondie Curtis-Hall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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