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An Inaugural Ride to Freedom

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"Winner of the 2010 Emmy Award for Best Documentary-Cultural."

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.

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What is An Inaugural Ride to Freedom (2009) about?

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…

Who stars in An Inaugural Ride to Freedom?

An Inaugural Ride to Freedom stars Omowale Akintunde (Self), Gabrielle Gaines-Liwaru (Self), Sharif Z. Liwaru (Self), Zebulon Miletsky (Self). The film was directed by Omowale Akintunde.

How long is An Inaugural Ride to Freedom?

An Inaugural Ride to Freedom has a runtime of 45 min and premiered in 2009.

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