Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Stanley NelsonWriter
- Stanley NelsonDirector
Cast
- Raymond ArsenaultSelf - Author of 'Freedom Riders'
- Genevieve HoughtonSelf - Freedom Rider
- Gordon CareySelf - Core staff
- Derek CatsamSelf - Historian
- John LewisSelf - Freedom Rider
- Diane NashSelf - Student, Fisk University
- Charles PersonSelf - Freedom Rider
- Sangernetta Gilbert BushSelf - Montgomery resident
- John SeigenthalerSelf - Nashville resident
- Evan ThomasSelf - Robert F. Kennedy biographer
- John PattersonSelf - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963
- Clayborne CarsonSelf - Historian