Roots: The Gift
Drama | History
6.8
Release Date
December 11, 1988
Duration
93 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Kunta Kinte
LeVar Burton
Fiddler
Louis Gossett Jr.
Reynolds
Jerry Hardin
Hattie Carraway
Kate Mulgrew
Edmund Parker, Jr.
Shaun Cassidy
Cletus Moyer
Avery Brooks
Amelia
Michael Learned
Edmund Parker, Sr.
John McMartin
Arabella
Brandy Brown
Lilly
Maria Bryant
Nick
Ernest Harden Jr.
Sarah
Annabella Price
May
Fran Bennett
Marcellus
Tim Russ
Gentleman #1
Michael Edwards
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Debra Perry
Horseman (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tina Andrews
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