Roots: The Gift

1988 6.8 (12 votes) 1h 33m

Genres

Drama History TV Movie

Production Companies

David L. Wolper Productions
Warner Bros. Television

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.

Key Crew

Director: Kevin Hooks

Producer: Mark Wolper

Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo

Writer: David Eyre

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

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