Synopsis
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 Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Stanley NelsonDirector
- Stanley NelsonWriter
- Tom PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anthony HarrisSelf - Mississippi Resident
- Bruce WatsonSelf - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
- Karin Kunstler GoldmanSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
- Julian BondSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Dudley ConnorSelf - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
- Dorothy ZellnerSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Peggy Jean ConnorSelf - Mississippi Resident
- Gwendolyn Zoharah SimmonsSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
- Patti MillerSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
- Tracy SugarmanSelf
- Larry RubinSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Rita Schwerner BenderSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee