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Mood:
- EmotionalSincereCaptivatingThought ProvokingTense
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- Fighting the SystemPoliticsInterracial RelationsAmericanaDiscriminationRacismInjusticeRebellion more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- Mississippi
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- Based on True Story
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Freedom Song, 2000
English
USA
Profile of Freedom Song
The mood of Freedom Song is thought provoking, emotional, and sincere. The plot centers around discrimination, racism, and Americana. It is a drama movie. In approach, Freedom Song is serious and realistic. The setting is Mississippi. It happens in the 1990s. Freedom Song is originally a true story.
Summary of Freedom Song
This made-for-TV movie focuses on the grassroots efforts of a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to combat the entrenched racism of the segregated South. The film focuses on Owen Walker (Vicellus Reon Shannon), a youth who longs to address the injustices of his hometown in rural Mississippi. His father Will (Danny Glover) forswore his own previous attempts to organize local blacks. Owen resents his father, until he too realizes the true cost of protesting.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 27 February 2000 |
| Runtime: | 150 min |
Cast and Crew
as Will Walker
as Daniel Wall
