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.,Avery Brooks,Kate Mulgrew,Shaun Cassidy,John McMartin,Jerry Hardin,Annabella Price,Michael Learned,Fran Bennett,Tim Russ,Jimmie F. Skaggs,Brandy Brown,Ernest Harden Jr.,Maria Bryant,James McIntire,Lawrence Mandley,John Sherrod,Karl Anthony Smith,J. Christopher Sullivan,Donna Howell,Billy Ray Reynolds,Michael Edwards,Myke R. Mueller,John Murray,Alex Haley,Bernard Peyton,Tina Andrews,Robert Goldman,Debra Perry
Cast
Kunta Kinte
Fiddler
Cletus Moyer
Hattie Carraway
Edmund Parker, Jr.
Edmund Parker, Sr.
William Reynolds
Sarah Parker
Amelia Parker
May
Marcellus
Scarvie
Arabella
Nick
Lilly
Jubal
Boatman
Driver #1
Gaunt Man
Driver #2
Elly
Christopher
Gentleman #1
Gentleman #2
Bishop Wadley
Self - presenter
Jolly
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Horseman (uncredited)
Slave Girl (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
