The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2019, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom is a tv movie, history and documentary film directed by Yoruba Richen, running about 52 minutes. “The essential travel guide for a segregated America” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

Who’s in it. The Green Book: Guide to Freedom stars Yoruba Richen as Self - Narrator (voice), Delbert Hunt as Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice), Marquette Folley as Self - Smithsonian Institute Member and Karen Allen Baxter as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount+ Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Green Book: Guide to Freedom page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Green Book: Guide to Freedom tend to enjoy Miraculous World: New York, United HeroeZ, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Steven Universe: The Movie and Twin Peaks.