Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

11/12/1988 1h 33m 6.8/10

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.

Director

Kevin Hooks

Top Billed Cast

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

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