Production Credits Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer
Full Cast & Crew
An in-depth look at the talented ensemble and technical visionaries who brought Freedom Summer to life.
The Cast
50 Members
Anthony HarrisSelf - Mississippi Resident
Bruce WatsonSelf - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
Karin Kunstler GoldmanSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Julian BondSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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
William J. SimmonsSelf - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
William ScarboroughSelf - Mississippi Citizens' Council
John DittmerSelf - Historian
Charlie CobbSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Eleanor Holmes NortonSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Ivanhoe DonaldsonSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Bob MosesSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Charles McLaurinSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James FormanSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Edwin KingSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Fannie Lou HamerSelf (archive footage)
Amzie MooreSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dick GregorySelf - Comedian (archive footage)
Bob ClarkSelf - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)
Allen C. ThompsonSelf - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)
Linda Wetmore HalpernSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Susan BrownmillerSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Chris WilliamsSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Theron C. LyndSelf - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi
Dave DennisSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Daisy HarrisSelf - Mississippi Resident
Roscoe JonesSelf - Mississippi Resident
Walt KaufmanSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
Chris HexterSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Ross BarnettSelf - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)
Barbara Jan NaveSelf - Miss Mississippi 1963
Malva HeffnerSelf (archive footage)
Albert HeffnerSelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
J. Edgar HooverSelf (voice) (archive footage)
Pete SeegerSelf
Ben ChaneySelf (archive footage)
Victoria Gray-AdamsSelf - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
Aaron HenrySelf - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Joe RauhSelf (archive footage)
Technical Crew
Top Credits
Stanley NelsonDirector
Stanley NelsonWriter
Aljernon TunsilEditor
Richard BeymerDirector of Photography
Cyndee ReaddeanProducer