简介：In1961segregationseemedtohaveanoverwhelminggriponAmericansociety.Manystatesviolentlyenforcedthepolicy,whilethefederalgovernment,undertheKennedyadministration,remainedindifferent,preoccupiedwithmattersabroad.Thatis,untilanintegratedbandofcollegestudents—manyofwhomwerethefirstintheirfamiliestoattendauniversity—decided,enmasse,toriskeverythingandbuyaticketonaGreyhoundbusboundfortheDeepSouth.TheycalledthemselvestheFreedomRiders,andtheymanagedtobringthepresidentandtheentireAmericanpublicfacetofacewiththechallengeofcorrectingcivil-rightsinequitiesthatplaguedthenation. VeteranfilmmakerStanleyNelson’sinspirationaldocumentaryisthefirstfeature-lengthfilmaboutthiscourageousbandofcivil-rightsactivists.Gainingimpressiveaccesstoinfluentialfiguresonbothsidesoftheissue,NelsonchroniclesachapterofAmericanhistorythatstandsasanastonishingtestamenttotheaccomplishmentofyouthandwhatcanresultfromtheincrediblecombinationofpersonalconvictionandthecouragetoorganizeagainstallodds.…