Roots: The Gift

Dec 11, 1988

1h 33m

★ 6.8

Overview

On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

David L. Wolper Productions

Warner Bros. Television

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Cast

Kunta Kinte

LeVar Burton

Fiddler

Louis Gossett Jr.

Cletus Moyer

Avery Brooks

Hattie Carraway

Kate Mulgrew

Edmund Parker, Jr.

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Sr.

John McMartin

William Reynolds

Jerry Hardin

Sarah Parker

Annabella Price

Amelia Parker

Michael Learned

May

Fran Bennett

Marcellus

Tim Russ

Scarvie

Jimmie F. Skaggs

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