Production Details

FREEDOM features Mike Ostroski as Capt. Theodore Allen and John Hedges as Lt. A.A. Carr. Allen and Carr escaped from Confederate hands after being captured during the Battle of Rogersville. Frank Green portrays Daniel Adams, the mountain pilot who guides the Union officers across the wooded hills of East Tennessee. Tom Angland brings the character of Col. John Netherland to life and Melissa Owens plays Mrs. Netherland.

Eugene Wolf portrays the eccentric Confederate General W.E. "Grumble" Jones. Ben Mackel plays Abraham Hamilton, a Union soldier from east Tennessee, Katy Brown appears as Eliza Hamilton and Mary Davidson plays her young daughter, Mary.

Over 100 Civil War reenactors also shared their talents in the creation of this film.

The film was written and directed by Rick McVey.

Cast

Theodore F. Allen
A.A. Carr
Daniel Adams
W.E. "Grumble" Jones
John Netherland
Martha Netherland
Eliza Hamilton
Abraham Hamilton
Mary Hamilton
A.R. Jones
E.W. Washington
Confederate Colonel

Mounted Confederate
Confederate Officer
Union Surgeon
Confederate Sargeant
Sarah Adams
Private Smith
Union Corporal
William Dabney
Confederate Surgeon
Search Party



Homeguard


Fiddlers

Stunt Doubles


Written & Directed by Rick McVey

Civil War Era Reenactors

Kent Arnold
Jeff Barrett
Steven Brewington, Jr.
Scott Burleson
Mike Caldwell
T. Michael Cheaves
Randall Cooper
Ken Creswell
Stan Dalton
Duane Devotie
William Fox
Ryan Halsey
Gary Holt
David Kuchnuk
Sharon Lundberg
Jacob Mode
Richard Northington

Derril Scott Pruitt
James K. Richard
Judy W. Scofield
Kevin Lewis Slagle
Shawn Sturgill
Kristen Sutton
Joey W. Verbal
Carlos Whaley
Robert Wilhelm
Cecil Wise

Production Crew

Executive Producer
Assoc. Prod/Creative Consultant
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Assistant Director
Art Direction
Chief Production Assistant

Original Music by




Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Assistance






Set Design Assistance

Makeup

Boom Operators




Second Camera Unit Director

Props

Vocal Coach

Editor

Based on The Underground Railroad and the Grapevine Telegraph, An Escaping Prisoner’s Experience - 1863 by Theodore F. Allen, Captain, Seventh Ohio Cavalry, Brevet Colonel U.S. Volunteers

Technical Consultants

Archive Videographer

Special Thanks To:








Additional thanks to:

Amy Baldwin & Greg Smith
Louise VanHuss
Lola McVey
Claude Smith
Tori Piper

FREEDOM Credits

Mike Ostroski
John Hedges
Frank Green
Eugene Wolf
Tom Angland
Melissa Owens
Katy Brown
Ben Mackel
Mary Davidson
John Hardy
Robert Funk
Bill Ringel

T. Michael Cheaves
Monte Baker
Derrill Scott Pruitt
Richard Northington
Lindsey Chandler Davis
Joey Verbal
Ken Creswell
Wes Verbal
Robert Wilhelm
Joe Mode
Roger Kelley
Jeff Barrett
Randy Glass
Robert Earl Vanover
Richard Northington
Curt Phillips
Ryan Halsey
Jared T. Lyons
Richard Northington
Sarah Cheaves





Micah Arnold
Stephanie Barrett
Jerry Brown
Doug Byington
Travis Caldwell
Justin Seth Connor
Wesley Cooper
Daniel Cruey
Lance Dawson
Barbara Fox
Randy Glass
Hank Harvey
Donna Horowitz/Pruitt
Gary Lister
Stephen Lundberg
Joe Mode
Curt Phillips
Jeremy Ray
Bill Ringel
Robert Scofield
Thomas Smith
Willie V. Summers, Jr.
Bill Vaden
Nick Verbal
Bill White
Patricia L. Williams

Monte Baker
Duane Beasley
John Brown
John Byington
Sarah Cheaves
Johnny Cooper
Harry. M. Cothran, Jr.
Megan Cruey
Travis Devine
Steven Fox
Eric Greene
John "Pappy" Hawthorne
Rodger Kelley
Tammy Lister
Jared T. Lyons
Joshua Mode
Galum Pridemore
Celeste M. Reneau
Charlene Roach
Michael Seymore
Barry Marshall Spears
Jamie Surber
Robert Earl Vanover
Teresa Ward
Derinda Wilhelm
Richard Williams

Rick McVey
John Hardy
Mike Ostroski
Jerry Haynes
Carrie Smith
Melissa Owens
Shane Cloud

Buddy Woodward and Brandi Hart
(c) 2007 Betty Troublesome Music (ASCAP)
Performed by the Dixie Bee-Liners
appearing courtesy of Pinecastle Records

Melissa Owens
Curt Phillips
Monte Baker
Karen Brewster
East Tennessee State University
John "Pappy" Hawthorne
Richard Northington

Mack Cothran

Heather Fleming

Tom Angland
Shane Cloud
Matt Greenbaum
Eugene Wolf

Logan Pigg

Tracy Farres

Benjamin Corbett Smith

Rick McVey





Bill Ringel

Matt Greenbaum

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