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Freedom Summer (2014)

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.

Release: 2014-01-17
Runtime: 113 min
Rating: 7.2 / 10

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Cast
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Anthony Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident
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Bruce Watson
Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
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Karin Kunstler Goldman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Julian Bond
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Dudley Connor
Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
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Dorothy Zellner
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Peggy Jean Connor
Self - Mississippi Resident
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Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
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Patti Miller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
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Tracy Sugarman
Self
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Larry Rubin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Rita Schwerner Bender
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Hollis Watkins
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Wally Butterworth
Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)
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William Winter
Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968
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William J. Simmons
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
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William Scarborough
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council
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John Dittmer
Self - Historian