Roots: The Gift (1988)

Name: Roots: The Gift
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1988-12-11
Duration: 93 min
Cast: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy

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.

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Released 1988-12-11 · 93 min · Drama, History

Directed by Kevin Hooks

Cast

LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler
Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy as Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin as Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin as William Reynolds
Annabella Price as Sarah Parker
Michael Learned as Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett as May
Tim Russ as Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs as Scarvie
Brandy Brown as Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr. as Nick
Maria Bryant as Lilly