An Inaugural Ride to Freedom

An Inaugural Ride to Freedom (2009)

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

Summary

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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Directing Omowale Akintunde Director
Writing Omowale Akintunde Writer
Production Omowale Akintunde Executive Producer
Sound Chris Julian Music
Editing Mark Devendorf Editor
Editing Daria Matza Editor
Directing Stephanie Hearn Purcell Assistant Director
Sound Eric B. Harvey Sound Mixer
Sound Chris Julian Foley Mixer
Sound Seth Quartey Boom Operator
Production Ian Rothenberg Production Assistant
Production Max Rothenberg Production Assistant
Production Vikki White Production Assistant
Camera Andrew Koch Director of Photography