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Roots: The Gift

68.17999999999999 %|Dec 11, 1988|Drama, History, TV Movie

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

Kevin Hooks
Director
Bernard Sofronski
Executive Producer
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Mark Wolper
Producer
Gerald Fried
Original Music Composer
Stanford C. Allen
Editor
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
David Eyre
Writer

Cast

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LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
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Jerry Hardin
Reynolds
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Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
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Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
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Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
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John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
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Brandy Brown
Arabella
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Tim Russ
Marcellus
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Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
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Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)
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Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)
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Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)