Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift (1988)


  • Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1988-12-11
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 12 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

  • 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

  • James McIntire

    as Jubal

  • Lawrence Mandley

    as Boatman

  • John Sherrod

    as Driver #1

  • Karl Anthony Smith

    as Gaunt Man

  • J. Christopher Sullivan

    as Driver #2

  • Donna Howell

    as Elly

  • Billy Ray Reynolds

    as Christopher

  • Michael Edwards

    as Gentleman #1

  • Myke R. Mueller

    as Gentleman #2

  • John Murray

    as Bishop Wadley

  • Alex Haley

    as Self - presenter

  • Bernard Peyton

    as Jolly

  • Tina Andrews

    as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Robert Goldman

    as Horseman (uncredited)

  • Debra Perry

    as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Directing Kevin Hooks Director
Production Bernard Sofronski Executive Producer
Production David L. Wolper Executive Producer
Production Mark Wolper Producer
Sound Gerald Fried Original Music Composer
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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