01 January 1985 Drama, History 33 mins
This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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Hugh Morgan as Frederick Douglass
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Anna Douglass
Ebony Jo-Ann as Harriet Tubman
Stephanie Berry as Rosetta Douglass
Janet Ellis as Julia Griffith
Lee Moore as John Brown
William Curtis as William Lloyd Garrison
Jacqueline Scates as Helen Pitts Douglass
R.A. Montgomery as Frederick (Young Man)
Don Plumley as Hern
Charles Reid as Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Wooten Jr. as Frederick (Little Boy)
William Greaves Director
William Greaves Producer
Lou Potter Writer
William Greaves Writer
Dwight Williams Co-Producer
Alonzo Speight Editor
William Greaves Editor
Juliana Wang Director of Photography
Charles Blackwell Assistant Camera
Stanley Nelson Sound Recordist
John Dandre Sound Editor
David Greaves Sound Editor
United States 01 January 1985
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