Roots: The Gift

Name: Roots: The Gift
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1988
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.3

1988 · 93 min

Drama · History · TV Movie

★ 7.3

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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.

Crew

Director Kevin Hooks
Writer David Eyre
Director of Photography John A. Alonzo

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
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie

Crew

Director — Kevin Hooks
Writer — David Eyre
Director of Photography — John A. Alonzo

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