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Roots: The Gift

6.8
1988•1h 33m
Drama
History
TV Movie
US

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.

Production

Logo for Warner Bros. Television

Cast

Photo of LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Photo of Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Photo of Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Photo of Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Photo of Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

Photo of John McMartin

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Photo of Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

Photo of Annabella Price

Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

Photo of Michael Learned

Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

Photo of Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

May

Photo of Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Photo of Jimmie F. Skaggs

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Scarvie

Photo of Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

Photo of Lawrence Mandley

Lawrence Mandley

Boatman

Photo of John Murray

John Murray

Bishop Wadley

Photo of Alex Haley

Alex Haley

Self - presenter

Photo of Tina Andrews

Tina Andrews

Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Robert Goldman

Robert Goldman

Horseman (uncredited)

Photo of Debra Perry

Debra Perry

Slave Girl (uncredited)

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