An Inaugural Ride to Freedom (2009)

An Inaugural Ride to Freedom

2009

Documentary History

Synopsis

This heartwarming and at times touching documentary chronicles the preparation, experience, and aftermath of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Black Studies Department, students, and community persons as they embark upon the inauguration of President Barack Obama. A mixture of cinema verity and interview, this documentary provides an eyewitness accounting of the event through emerging primary stories representative of a broad array of cultural and occupational backgrounds. It is the cinematic documentation of the joy, the laughter, and the tears as 55 passengers board a bus and travel over 2,000 miles for an experience of a lifetime.

Credits

Director

Omowale Akintunde

Cast

Gabrielle Gaines-Liwaru as Self

Omowale Akintunde as Self

Sharif Z. Liwaru as Self

Zebulon Miletsky as Self

Crew

Stephanie Hearn Purcell (Assistant Director)

Seth Quartey (Boom Operator)

Andrew Koch (Director of Photography)