Roots: The Gift

  • Rated 7.3 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1988
  • 1h 33m
  • Drama
  • History
  • TV Movie

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.

Director
Kevin Hooks
Starring
LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew

Cast

  • LeVar Burton

    LeVar Burton

    Kunta Kinte

  • Louis Gossett Jr.

    Louis Gossett Jr.

    Fiddler

  • Avery Brooks

    Avery Brooks

    Cletus Moyer

  • Kate Mulgrew

    Kate Mulgrew

    Hattie Carraway

  • Shaun Cassidy

    Shaun Cassidy

    Edmund Parker, Jr.

  • John McMartin

    John McMartin

    Edmund Parker, Sr.

  • Jerry Hardin

    Jerry Hardin

    William Reynolds

  • Annabella Price

    Annabella Price

    Sarah Parker

  • Michael Learned

    Michael Learned

    Amelia Parker

  • Fran Bennett

    Fran Bennett

    May

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