Synopsis:
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.
Directed by: | Ján Kadár |
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Written by: | David Zelag Goodman |
Release date: | 1979-10-29 |
Runtime: | 186 minutes |
Cast:
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
Stephen Holmes
John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant
President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Narrator
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