Movie Description
Roots: The Gift
(1988)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Kevin Hooks
- Producer : Mark Wolper
- Writer : David Eyre
- Editor : Stanford C. Allen
- Cast : LeVar Burton,Louis Gossett Jr.,Jerry Hardin,Kate Mulgrew,Shaun Cassidy,Avery Brooks,Michael Learned,John McMartin,Brandy Brown,Maria Bryant,Ernest Harden Jr.,Annabella Price,Fran Bennett,Tim Russ,Michael Edwards,Debra Perry,Robert Goldman,Tina Andrews
Cast
Kunta Kinte
Fiddler
Reynolds
Hattie Carraway
Edmund Parker, Jr.
Cletus Moyer
Amelia
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Arabella
Lilly
Nick
Sarah
May
Marcellus
Gentleman #1
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Horseman (uncredited)
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleRoots: The Gift
Status Released
Release Information
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1988-12-11
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 33m
Production CompaniesDavid L. Wolper Productions,Warner Bros. Television
Genres
- Drama
- History
- TV Movie
