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Marilyn Mulford & Vicente Franco

Freedom On My Mind

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“...this moving, enlightening documentary on the Mississippi Voter Registration Project conveys the human dimensions of the fight with such a powerful combination of sensitivity and intelligence and pure emotional insight that it seems as if the facts were being set down for the very first time. As political history this is superlative stuff.”
- The Washington Post

“Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford, who together produced and directed "Freedom on My Mind," have created the best kind of historical record -- one that resonates today.”
- The New York Times

Freedom on My Mind...is a great success. It manages not only to record the inspiring experiences of the white volunteers and black pioneers of the voting rights drive, but also to place those experiences within a larger and more depressing story of power politics at the national level.”
- The San Francisco Examiner

Freedom On My Mind recounts the drama of the Mississippi Voter Registration Project with a focused intensity that's alternately sobering and exhilarated.”
- The Village Voice

“Telling the dramatic story of the Mississippi voter registration project from 1961 to 1964, "Freedom On My Mind" is a landmark documentary that chronicles the most tumultuous and significant years in the history of the civil rights movement. A must see.”
- Variety

“To sit through this two-hour film is to vicariously experience-or re-experience-a time of courage and fear, empowerment and subjugation, interracial coalition and bitter division.”
- The Washington Post Weekend

“A splendid achievement...In its dramatic effectiveness and historical acuity, Freedom On My Mind, surpasses all previous documentaries on the southern struggle, including the remarkable 'Eyes On The Prize' series .”
- Dr. Clayborne Carson, Professor of History, Stanford University

“No documentary film has captured as eloquently and as dramatically that moment in the history of Mississippi when for a number of its citizens a commitment to racial justice became a moral imperative. The struggle they waged and what happened to their vision and expectations makes for a compelling and eloquent film. This is history at its very best, when it is at the same time illuminating, entertaining, and disturbing.”
- Leon F. Litwack, Professor of History, UC Berkeley

Freedom On My Mind is a rich, provocative, and deeply moving film that deserves the widest possible audience. An altogether exceptional achievement.”

- Doug McAdam, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona and author of Freedom Summer