Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

1988 en 93 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

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.

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Cast

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

Michael Learned

Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

May

Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Scarvie

Brandy Brown

Brandy Brown

Arabella

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

Maria Bryant

Maria Bryant

Lilly

James McIntire

James McIntire

Jubal

Lawrence Mandley

Lawrence Mandley

Boatman

John Sherrod

John Sherrod

Driver #1

Karl Anthony Smith

Karl Anthony Smith

Gaunt Man

J. Christopher Sullivan

J. Christopher Sullivan

Driver #2

Donna Howell

Donna Howell

Elly

Billy Ray Reynolds

Billy Ray Reynolds

Christopher

Michael Edwards

Michael Edwards

Gentleman #1

Myke R. Mueller

Myke R. Mueller

Gentleman #2

John Murray

John Murray

Bishop Wadley

Alex Haley

Alex Haley

Self - presenter

Bernard Peyton

Bernard Peyton

Jolly

Tina Andrews

Tina Andrews

Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Goldman

Robert Goldman

Horseman (uncredited)

Debra Perry

Debra Perry

Slave Girl (uncredited)

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