Movie2010117 minReleased

Freedom Riders

This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a complacent nation. These self-proclaimed, 'Freedom Riders' challenged the mores of a racially segregated society by performing a disarmingly simple act.

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Production

American Experience Films

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Scope

117 min

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Cast

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Featured Cast

Raymond Arsenault

Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton

Self - Freedom Rider

Gordon Carey

Self - Core staff

Derek Catsam

Self - Historian

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash

Self - Student, Fisk University

Charles Person

Self - Freedom Rider

Sangernetta Gilbert Bush

Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

#10

Evan Thomas

Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

#11

John Patterson

Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963

#12

Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian

Crew

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Stanley Nelson

Writer

Writing

Lewis Erskine

Editor

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Stanley Nelson

Director

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Mark Samels

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Production

Laurens Grant

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TMDB Score

7.5

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