United States / Jan 17, 2014 / Sundance Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer |
| Patti Miller | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer |
| Tracy Sugarman | Self |
| Larry Rubin | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Rita Schwerner Bender | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Hollis Watkins | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Wally Butterworth | Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage) |
| William Winter | Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968 |
| William J. Simmons | Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage) |
| William Scarborough | Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council |
| John Dittmer | Self - Historian |
| Charlie Cobb | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Ivanhoe Donaldson | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Bob Moses | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Charles McLaurin | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| James Forman | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
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| Edwin King | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Fannie Lou Hamer | Self (archive footage) |
| Amzie Moore | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Dick Gregory | Self - Comedian (archive footage) |
| Bob Clark | Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage) |
| Allen C. Thompson | Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage) |
| Linda Wetmore Halpern | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer |
| Susan Brownmiller | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer |
| Chris Williams | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer |
| Theron C. Lynd | Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi |
| Dave Dennis | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Daisy Harris | Self - Mississippi Resident |
| Roscoe Jones | Self - Mississippi Resident |
| Walt Kaufman | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage) |
| Chris Hexter | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer |
| Ross Barnett | Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage) |
| Barbara Jan Nave | Self - Miss Mississippi 1963 |
| Malva Heffner | Self (archive footage) |
| Albert Heffner | Self (archive footage) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Self (archive footage) |
| J. Edgar Hoover | Self (voice) (archive footage) |
| Pete Seeger | Self |
| Ben Chaney | Self (archive footage) |
| Victoria Gray-Adams | Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage) |
| Aaron Henry | Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party |
| Joe Rauh | Self (archive footage) |
| Sherwin Markman | Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68 |
| Taylor Branch | Self - Historian |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Self (archive footage) |
| Edith Green | Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage) |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Freedom Summer |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | GBH, Firelight Films, Doc Society |
| Official site | pbs.org |
| Release date | 17 gennaio 2014 |
| Production | Cyndee Readdean |
| Writer | Stanley Nelson |
| Editing | Aljernon Tunsil, Natasha Mottola |
| Cinematography | Richard Beymer |
| Assistant directors | Stanley Nelson |
| Camera operators | Richard Beymer |
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| Additional photography | Richard Beymer |
| Music | Tom Phillips |
| Sound | Tom Phillips |
Release dates
Premiere
Digital
United States / Feb 01, 2022 / The Criterion Channel
TV
United States / Jun 24, 2014 / NR / PBS
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