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Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 57GoodWatch 55
IMDb5.7
Running time
3 h 6 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +77 min on the typical 109
typical 109186Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1979
October 29, 1979
47 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 16 more48 people
- Muhammad AliGideon Jackson
- Kris KristoffersonAbner Lait
- Ron O'NealFrancis Cardoza
- Edward HerrmannStephen Holmes
- John McLiamPresident Ulysses S. Grant
- Ossie DavisNarrator
- Barbara O. JonesRachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
- SJSonny Jim GainesBrother Peter
- Joel FluellenJames Allenby
- JFJean FosterEllen Allenby
Grace ZabriskieRuth Lait- BMBill MackeyTrooper
- EDEarl D.A. SmithHannibal
Alfre WoodardKatie- FCFred CovingtonSheriff Bentley
Sonny ShroyerJason Hugar- EDErnest DixonMarion Jefferson
- SKSylvia Kuumba WilliamsLouise Jefferson
- TDTom DelaneyWill Boone
- RGRon GuralFrank Carlson
William Allen YoungOlder Jeff Jackson- TRTony RossYoung Jeff Jackson
- EWEric WashingtonOlder Marcus Jackson
- RKRodney King AdamsYoung Marcus Jackson
Directing · 1
- Ján Kadár Director
Writing · 2
- David Zelag Goodman Writer
- Howard Fast Novel
Production · 3
- Zev Braun Executive Producer
- Leland Nolan Producer
- Chet Walker Producer
Camera · 1
- Charles Correll Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Anne Goursaud Editor
- George Folsey Jr. Editor
Sound · 2
- Terry James Original Music Composer
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Daniel A. Lomino Production Design
- Jocelyn A. Cotlon Set Decoration
- Bill Webb Set Decoration
Other crew · 1
- Tony Brubaker Stunt Double
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