Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift (1988)


  • Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1988-12-11
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: David L. Wolper Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Kevin Hooks
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Summary

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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  • LeVar Burton

    as Kunta Kinte

  • Louis Gossett Jr.

    as Fiddler

  • Jerry Hardin

    as Reynolds

  • Kate Mulgrew

    as Hattie Carraway

  • Shaun Cassidy

    as Edmund Parker, Jr.

  • Avery Brooks

    as Cletus Moyer

  • Michael Learned

    as Amelia

  • John McMartin

    as Edmund Parker, Sr.

  • Brandy Brown

    as Arabella

  • Maria Bryant

    as Lilly

  • Ernest Harden Jr.

    as Nick

  • Annabella Price

    as Sarah

  • Fran Bennett

    as May

  • Tim Russ

    as Marcellus

  • Michael Edwards

    as Gentleman #1

  • Debra Perry

    as Slave Girl (uncredited)

  • Robert Goldman

    as Horseman (uncredited)

  • Tina Andrews

    as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing Kevin Hooks Director
Sound Gerald Fried Original Music Composer
Production Bernard Sofronski Executive Producer
Production David L. Wolper Executive Producer
Production Mark Wolper Producer
Editing Stanford C. Allen Editor
Camera John A. Alonzo Director of Photography
Writing David Eyre Writer
Production Bill Carroll Unit Production Manager

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