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300 miles to freedom / directed and edited by Richard Breyer and Anand Kamalakar.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jones, John W., 1817-1900.
- Jones, John W.
- Fugitive slaves--United States.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African Americans--New York (State)--Elmira.
- African Americans.
- Underground Railroad.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (34 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, NY : W&B Productions, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- On June 4, 1844, John W. Jones and four of his companions headed north. They were fugitive slaves who escaped bondage in Leesburg, Virginia. 300 Miles to Freedom chronicles John W Jones' journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad and his remarkable life as a free man in Elmira, New York. When John arrived in Elmira, he was a twenty-seven-year-old illiterate with $1.46 in his pocket. He died in 1900, a wealthy, literate, respected member of the community. The filmmakers traveled Jones' route to freedom, and tell his story through the voices they meet along the way - historians, ferryboat captains, ministers, farmers and gas station owners. 300 Miles to Freedom celebrates the courage and tenacity of fugitive slaves like John W Jones. The film also celebrates those who quietly stood up to injustice by helping slaves escape on the Underground Railroad and by fighting for their freedom through the Abolitionist Movement.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 9, 2014).
- 2012 Official Selection Tupelo Film Festival
- SDBFF Official Selection 2012
- Syracuse International Film Festival Official Selectyion SYRFilmFest'12
- OCLC:
- 898079298
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