Freedom Summer
Stanley Nelson
2014 • 1h 53m
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 Freedo...
Cast
Anthony HarrisSelf - Mississippi Resident
Bruce WatsonSelf - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
Karin Kunstler GoldmanSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Dudley ConnorSelf - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
Dorothy ZellnerSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Peggy Jean ConnorSelf - Mississippi Resident
Gwendolyn Zoharah SimmonsSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Patti MillerSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Tracy SugarmanSelf
Larry RubinSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Rita Schwerner BenderSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hollis WatkinsSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wally ButterworthSelf - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)
William WinterSelf - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968
