Roots: The Gift (1988)

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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.

GENRES:  Drama • History • TV movie
DIRECTION:  Kevin Hooks
CAST:  LeVar Burton  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Jerry Hardin  •  Kate Mulgrew

Cast & Characters

LeVar Burton Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr. Fiddler
Jerry Hardin Reynolds
Kate Mulgrew Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy Edmund Parker, Jr.
Avery Brooks Cletus Moyer
Michael Learned Amelia
John McMartin Edmund Parker, Sr.
Brandy Brown Arabella
Maria Bryant Lilly
Ernest Harden Jr. Nick
Annabella Price Sarah

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