Freedomland is a 2006 crime drama about a kidnapping case with racial overtones starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. Police detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) has earned the nickname "Big Daddy" at the New Jersey housing project he covers for his benevolent, if iron-fisted, supervision. One night, he gets called to the hospital where Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) is being treated for injuries sustained during a carjacking near the projects, and her four-year old son was in the backseat. Before Lorenzo can move on the case, Brenda's brother Danny (Ron Eldard) arrives, who also happens to be a cop from a nearby neighborhood, and uses his influence to lockdown the housing project while a search takes place. Racial tensions mount as the project residents resent the bully tactics that would never be used for a missing black child. Lorenzo must get the case solved before riots erupt. Joe Roth directs this emotional drama from the best-selling novel by Richard Price.moreless