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Frederick Douglass: An American Life

1985· 0h 33m

HistoryDrama

Directed by William Greaves

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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.

Cast

Hugh Morgan

Frederick Douglass

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Anna Douglass

Ebony Jo-Ann

Ebony Jo-Ann

Harriet Tubman

Stephanie Berry

Stephanie Berry

Rosetta Douglass

Janet Ellis

Janet Ellis

Julia Griffith

Lee Moore

John Brown

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