Freedom Summer

Plot

In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democrat... read more

  • Stanley Nelson

    Director

  • Stanley Nelson

    Writer

  • Richard Beymer

    Director of Photography

  • Aljernon Tunsil

    Editor

  • Anthony Harris

    Self - Mississippi Resident

  • Bruce Watson

    Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'

  • Karin Kunstler Goldman

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Julian Bond

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Dudley Connor

    Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)

  • Dorothy Zellner

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Peggy Jean Connor

    Self - Mississippi Resident

  • Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Patti Miller

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Tracy Sugarman

    Self

  • Larry Rubin

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Rita Schwerner Bender

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Hollis Watkins

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Wally Butterworth

    Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)

  • William Winter

    Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968

  • William J. Simmons

    Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)

  • William Scarborough

    Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council

  • John Dittmer

    Self - Historian

  • Charlie Cobb

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Eleanor Holmes Norton

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Ivanhoe Donaldson

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Bob Moses

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Charles McLaurin

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • James Forman

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Edwin King

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Fannie Lou Hamer

    Self (archive footage)

  • Amzie Moore

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Dick Gregory

    Self - Comedian (archive footage)

  • Bob Clark

    Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)

  • Allen C. Thompson

    Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)

  • Linda Wetmore Halpern

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Susan Brownmiller

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Chris Williams

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Theron C. Lynd

    Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi

  • Dave Dennis

    Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  • Daisy Harris

    Self - Mississippi Resident

  • Roscoe Jones

    Self - Mississippi Resident

  • Walt Kaufman

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)

  • Chris Hexter

    Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

  • Ross Barnett

    Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)

  • Runtime

    113 minutes

    Released

    2014-01-17

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    GBH

    Firelight Films

    Sound

  • Tom Phillips

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    5 days ago

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