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Samuel L. Jackson Brings Tension to 'Freedomland'
![Samuel L. Jackson plays police detective Lorenzo Council in <i>Freedomlan</i>. The movie, which looks at crime and race, is adapted from Richard Price's novel of the same name.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/725343f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/200x150+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fmovies%2F2006%2Ffreedomland200-f8eeeeb89cda1bd2a520d19ca98fbf2f8944d033.jpg)
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