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Frederick Douglass: An American Life(1985)

January 1, 198533m

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Overview

This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Director: William Greaves
Writers: William Greaves, Lou Potter

Top Billed Cast

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Anna Douglass
Ebony Jo-Ann
Harriet Tubman
Stephanie Berry
Rosetta Douglass
Janet Ellis
Julia Griffith

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Hugh Morgan

Frederick Douglass

Lee Moore

John Brown

William Curtis

William Lloyd Garrison

Jacqueline Scates

Helen Pitts Douglass

R.A. Montgomery

Frederick (Young Man)

Don Plumley

Hern

Charles Reid

Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Wooten Jr.

Frederick (Little Boy)

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Original language: English
Production: US National Park Services, William Greaves Productions

Keywords

fugitive
docudrama
19th century
abolitionist
orator

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