Morgan Freeman

"This landmark four-part series documents the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states, and through the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. The series examines the integral role slavery played in shaping the new country's development, challenging the long-held notion that it was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Through the remarkable stories of individual slaves, SLAVERY AND THE...

Morgan Freeman returns to his hometown to throw the first racially integrated prom for the local high school. This film documents the thoughts and feelings of the townspeople.

Morgan Freeman explores real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public. It's an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs.

The complexities of the Civil War and Reconstruction are chronicled through the experience of slave Robert Smalls. The rise of militant groups and new segregation laws show that slavery's eradication had not ended black oppression.

As the North adopted laws to abolish slavery, the South saw its greatest expansion of slavery. The abolitionist movement began to gather strength, contributing to the widening fissure and imminent break-up of the nation.

Did Homer’s King Odysseus, the Trojan-horse-designer in the Iliad and the long-suffering wanderer of the Odyssey, really exist? In 1991, Makis Metaxas, a mayor on the Greek island of Kefalonia, finds an ancient Mycenaean tomb. He claims it contains the bones of Odysseus. But the discovery is soon embroiled in controversy, and Makis embarks on his own odyssey to convince the world he is right.

A rustic Oregon town is the backdrop for this tale of men and women touched by love's inescapable spell. From Bradley (Greg Kinnear), the hopeless romantic who looks for love in all the wrong places; to Harry (Morgan Freeman), a local professor with the wisdom and experience to guide those close to him; to young, beautiful Chloe, who defies fate in romancing the troubled Oscar. This ode to life and love in all its funny, sexy, crazy facets will touch...

Micah Mangena is sitting on a powder keg and doesn’t know it. He’s a sergeant in South Africa’s police force, a supporter of the powers that be. But the strife tearing at the fabric of 1980 South Africa is about to rip Micah’s own world apart.

Four lifelong friends—Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman), and Sam (Kevin Kline)—reunite in Las Vegas for Billy’s bachelor party, after he proposes to his much younger girlfriend. Despite their age, the group embarks on a wild weekend of celebration, facing old grudges and unresolved tensions along the way. As their friendship is tested, they confront the challenges of aging and the passage of time. This...

Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman star in this gritty drama about a hustling Philadelphia real estate agent with a drug-abuse problem and a life that is quickly unraveling.Daryl Poynter (Keaton) is addicted to cocaine. He has embezzled and lost {dollar}100,000 from his company. And then he wakes up with a girl dead of a drug overdose in his bed. Daryl checks himself into a substance abuse program, intending only to hide for a while. But he meets a...