Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

1988 en 93 minutes

Rating: 7.3

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

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

Reynolds

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Michael Learned

Michael Learned

Amelia

John McMartin

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Brandy Brown

Brandy Brown

Arabella

Maria Bryant

Maria Bryant

Lilly

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

Sarah

Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

May

Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Michael Edwards

Michael Edwards

Gentleman #1

Debra Perry

Debra Perry

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Robert Goldman

Robert Goldman

Horseman (uncredited)

Tina Andrews

Tina Andrews

Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

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