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Roots: The Gift
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.
Where to watch Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
Cast
- 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
Details
- Director
- Kevin Hooks
- Released
- December 11, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama, History, TV Movie
- Studio
- David L. Wolper Productions and Warner Bros. Television
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 14 votes
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