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    Roots: The Gift

    93'

    1988-12-11

    7.3

    Drama,History,TV Movie

    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.

    DirectingKevin HooksWritingDavid Eyre

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    Cast

    2

    Kunta Kinte

    LeVar Burton

    2

    Fiddler

    Louis Gossett Jr.

    2

    Cletus Moyer

    Avery Brooks

    3

    Hattie Carraway

    Kate Mulgrew

    1

    Edmund Parker, Jr.

    Shaun Cassidy

    1

    Edmund Parker, Sr.

    John McMartin

    1

    William Reynolds

    Jerry Hardin

    1

    Sarah Parker

    Annabella Price

    1

    Amelia Parker

    Michael Learned

    1

    May

    Fran Bennett

    2

    Marcellus

    Tim Russ

    1

    Scarvie

    Jimmie F. Skaggs

    1

    Arabella

    Brandy Brown

    1

    Nick

    Ernest Harden Jr.

    1

    Lilly

    Maria Bryant

    1

    Jubal

    James McIntire

    1

    Boatman

    Lawrence Mandley

    1

    Driver #1

    John Sherrod

    1

    Gaunt Man

    Karl Anthony Smith

    1

    Driver #2

    J. Christopher Sullivan

    1

    Elly

    Donna Howell

    1

    Christopher

    Billy Ray Reynolds

    1

    Gentleman #1

    Michael Edwards

    1

    Gentleman #2

    Myke R. Mueller

    2

    Bishop Wadley

    John Murray

    1

    Self - presenter

    Alex Haley

    1

    Jolly

    Bernard Peyton

    1

    Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Tina Andrews

    1

    Horseman (uncredited)

    Robert Goldman

    1

    Slave Girl (uncredited)

    Debra Perry

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. David L. Wolper Productions
      2. Warner Bros. Television
    • Vote Count: 14
    • Popularity: 0.6006
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Roots: The Gift

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