Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Name: Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1985-01-01
Duration: 33 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Hugh Morgan, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Ebony Jo-Ann, Stephanie Berry, Janet Ellis

January 1, 1985
Directed by
William Greaves

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

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Cast

Hugh Morgan

Frederick Douglass

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Anna Douglass

Ebony Jo-Ann

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

January 1, 1985
Directed by
William Greaves

Cast

Hugh Morgan

Frederick Douglass

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Anna Douglass

Ebony Jo-Ann

Harriet Tubman

Stephanie Berry

Rosetta Douglass

Janet Ellis

Julia Griffith

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)

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

January 1, 1985Directed byWilliam Greaves

Cast

Hugh Morgan

Frederick Douglass

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Anna Douglass

Ebony Jo-Ann

Harriet Tubman

Stephanie Berry

Rosetta Douglass

Janet Ellis

Julia Griffith

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)

January 1, 1985
Directed by
William Greaves