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  • Freedom Summer (2014)
  • PG
    113 min | Documentary, History
Freedom Summer (2014)
PG
113 min | Documentary, History

A look back at the summer of 1964, when more than 700 student activists took segregated Mississippi by storm, registering voters, creating freedom schools and establishing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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Stanley Nelson (written by)
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Jan 17, 2014 (United States)

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61 cast members
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Karin Kunstler Goldman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Peggy Jean Connor
Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident   See fewer
Dudley Connor
Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage) Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)   See fewer
Dorothy Zellner
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Patti Miller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Larry Rubin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Rita Schwerner Bender
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Hollis Watkins
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Anthony Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident   See fewer
Wally Butterworth
Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage) Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)   See fewer
Bruce Watson
Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer' Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'   See fewer
William Winter
Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968 Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968   See fewer
William J. Simmons
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage) Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)   See fewer
William Scarborough
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council   See fewer
John Dittmer
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Charlie Cobb
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Ivanhoe Donaldson
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Bob Moses
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (as Robert Moses) Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (as Robert Moses)   See fewer
Charles McLaurin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
James Forman
Self - Executive Secretary, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (archive footage) Self - Executive Secretary, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (archive footage)   See fewer
Edwin King
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (as Ed King) Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (as Ed King)   See fewer
Fannie Lou Hamer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Amzie Moore
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (archive footage) Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (archive footage)   See fewer
Dick Gregory
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
Bob Clark
Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage) Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
Allen C. Thompson
Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage) Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)   See fewer
Linda Wetmore Halpern
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Susan Brownmiller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Chris Williams
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Theron C. Lynd
Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi (archive footage) Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi (archive footage)   See fewer
Dave Dennis
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   See fewer
Daisy Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident   See fewer
Roscoe Jones
Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident   See fewer
Walt Kaufman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage) Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)   See fewer
Chris Hexter
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer   See fewer
Ross Barnett
Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage) Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)   See fewer
Barbara Jan Nave
Self - Miss Mississippi 1963 Self - Miss Mississippi 1963   See fewer
Malva Heffner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Albert Heffner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)   See fewer
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Ben Chaney
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Victoria Gray-Adams
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage) Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)   See fewer
Aaron Henry
Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Rauh
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sherwin Markman
Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68 Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68   See fewer
Taylor Branch
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Martin Luther King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Edith Green
Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage) Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage)   See fewer
Constance Baker Motley
Self - Senator, Democratic Party (archive footage) Self - Senator, Democratic Party (archive footage)   See fewer
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Reuther
Self - Union Leader, United Automobile Workers (archive footage) Self - Union Leader, United Automobile Workers (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Mondale
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Catherine Taormina
Voiceover (voice) Voiceover (voice)   See fewer
Brian Hopson
Andrew Goodman (voice) Andrew Goodman (voice)   See fewer
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