Freedom Song (2000)
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This made-for-TV movie focuses on the grassroots efforts of a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to combat the entrenched racism of the segregated South. The film focuses on Owen Walker (Vicellus Reon Shannon), a youth who longs to address the injustices of his hometown in rural… More This made-for-TV movie focuses on the grassroots efforts of a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to combat the entrenched racism of the segregated South. The film focuses on Owen Walker (Vicellus Reon Shannon), a youth who longs to address the injustices of his hometown in rural Mississippi. His father Will (Danny Glover) forswore his own previous attempts to organize local blacks. Owen resents his father, until he too realizes the true cost of protesting. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Directed By
- Phil Alden Robinson
- Written By
- Phil Alden Robinson, Stanley Weiser
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 27, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- HBO Video
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Cast
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Danny Glover
as Will Walker
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Vicellous Reon Shannon
as Owen Walker
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Loretta Devine
as Evelyn Walker
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Glynn E. Turman
as T-Bone Lanier
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Stan Shaw
as Archie Mullen
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Michael Jai White
as Coleman Vaughnes
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John Beasley
as Jonah Summer
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Jason Weaver
as Isaac Hawkins
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Marcello Thedford
as Tyrone Franklin
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David Strathairn
as Peter Crowley
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Raeven Kelly
