Freedomland (film)

Freedomland is a 2006 American crime dramamystery film directed by Joe Roth, and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. Richard Price adapted his novel of the same name, which touches on themes of covert racism.

Brendas brother, Danny Ron Eldard, a police officer in a neighboring town, calls a massive police presence in to search the housing project for clues. This angers the residents who protest their innocence. Lorenzo begins to suspect that Brenda is holding back details from him and pressures her to tell the truth. She insists that she has told the truth and would never harm her son. With a sketch artist she produces a picture of the man she says stole her car. Dannys white coworkers arrest a man from the housing project who they think matches the picture. Danny flies into a rage and beats him.Desperate to find Cody, Lorenzo enlists the aid of a volunteer group which helps search for missing children. He suggests that they search Freedomland, an abandoned foundling hospital nearby. As they search, the groups leader Karen Collucci Edie Falco talks with Brenda. Collucci had lost her own son years before and convinces Brenda to admit that Cody is dead. She leads them to a nearby park where they find Codys body in a shallow grave, covered with heavy rocks. ........

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