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Race to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad
| Actor(s): Janet Bailey, Courtney Vance, Dawnn Lewis, Glynn E. Turman, Tim Reid Director(s): Don McBrearty 1 |
Movie Details
| MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 02/03/2001 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Xenon Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Children's/Family, Escape Film, Period Film, Family-Oriented Adventure |
DVD Synopsis
Coproduced by two cable-TV servies-The Family Channel and the Black Entertainment Network--Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad uses historical fact as background for a fictional adventure tale. Courtney Vance and Janet Bailey star as slaves on a brutal antebellum North Carolina plantation. Together with two other slaves, Vance and Bailey make a daring escape, travelling northward by means of the eponymous railroad. Though the film isn't as suspenseful as it should be, it provides a valuable educational service in detailing the history of the Underground Railroad, the people responsible for its maintenance, and its modus operandi. Race to Freedom was first telecast on the Family Channel February 19, 1994, in tandem with an encore presentation of Roots (1977). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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