"Son of kings. Father of revolution."

2020

1h 39m

7.6(92 votes)

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War

Drama

Overview

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

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Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

Dayo Okeniyi

Shields Green

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Bruce Dern

Levi Coffin

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James Cromwell

John Brown

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Kat Graham

Delores

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Ben Robson

Luke McCabe

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Naturi Naughton

Sarah Green

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Paul Scheer

Duvane Henderson

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Keean Johnson

Rufus Kelly

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M.C. Gainey

Randolph Stevens

Acting

Mykelti Williamson

Truesdale

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Harry Lennix

Frederick Douglas

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Nicholas Logan

Gunther Bowman

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Brad Carter

Grady

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Trayce Malachi

Tommy

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Dorothy Steel

Slave

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Patrick Roper

Hank Beaumont

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