Released:
2014-01-17

Overview:
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.

Director:
Stanley Nelson

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Anthony Harris
  as
  Self - Mississippi Resident
• 
  Bruce Watson
  as
  Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
• 
  Karin Kunstler Goldman
  as
  Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
• 
  Julian Bond
  as
  Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
• 
  Dudley Connor
  as
  Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)