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.

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Freedom Summer (2014)

Documentary · 1h 53m · 1/17/2014
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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.

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Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Companies

GBH, Firelight Films, Doc Society
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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
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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
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Charlie Cobb

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Eleanor Holmes Norton

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Ivanhoe Donaldson

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Bob Moses

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Charles McLaurin

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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James Forman

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Edwin King

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Fannie Lou Hamer

Self (archive footage)
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Amzie Moore

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Dick Gregory

Self - Comedian (archive footage)
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Bob Clark

Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)
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Allen C. Thompson

Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)
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Linda Wetmore Halpern

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
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Susan Brownmiller

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
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Chris Williams

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
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Theron C. Lynd

Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi
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Dave Dennis

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Daisy Harris

Self - Mississippi Resident
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Roscoe Jones

Self - Mississippi Resident
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Walt Kaufman

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
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Chris Hexter

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
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Ross Barnett

Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)
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Barbara Jan Nave

Self - Miss Mississippi 1963
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Malva Heffner

Self (archive footage)
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Albert Heffner

Self (archive footage)
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Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)
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J. Edgar Hoover

Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Pete Seeger

Self
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Ben Chaney

Self (archive footage)
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Victoria Gray-Adams

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
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Aaron Henry

Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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Joe Rauh

Self (archive footage)
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Sherwin Markman

Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68
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Taylor Branch

Self - Historian
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Martin Luther King

Self (archive footage)
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Edith Green

Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage)
Crew
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Stanley Nelson

Director
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Aljernon Tunsil

Director
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Tom Phillips

Director
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Richard Beymer

Director
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Cyndee Readdean

Director
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Natasha Mottola

Director
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