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Release Date:
April 14, 2009
Original Title:
An Inaugural Ride to Freedom
Genres:
Documentary | History
Production Companies:
Akintunde Productions
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 45
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.
Assistant Director:
Stephanie Hearn Purcell
Boom Operator:
Seth Quartey
Director:
Omowale Akintunde
Director of Photography:
Andrew Koch
Editor:
Mark Devendorf
Daria Matza
Executive Producer:
Omowale Akintunde
Foley Mixer:
Chris Julian
Music:
Chris Julian
Production Assistant:
Ian Rothenberg
Max Rothenberg
Vikki White
Sound Mixer:
Eric B. Harvey
Writer:
Omowale Akintunde
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