Roots: The Gift
7.3
14 votes
1988
1h 33m
Drama
History
TV Movie
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.
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Top cast
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
ScarvieB
Brandy Brown
Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr.
NickM
Maria Bryant
LillyJ
James McIntire
Jubal
Lawrence Mandley
BoatmanJ
John Sherrod
Driver #1K
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt ManJ
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2Details
Status
Released
Release date
December 11, 1988
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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