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Roots: The Gift

PG

1988

93 minutes

DramaHistoryTV Movie

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.

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Top Cast

LeVar Burton headshot

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr. headshot

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Avery Brooks headshot

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew headshot

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy headshot

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin headshot

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin headshot

Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

Annabella Price headshot

Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

Michael Learned headshot

Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

Fran Bennett headshot

Fran Bennett

May

Tim Russ headshot

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Jimmie F. Skaggs headshot

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Scarvie

Brandy Brown headshot

Brandy Brown

Arabella

Ernest Harden Jr. headshot

Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

Maria Bryant headshot

Maria Bryant

Lilly

James McIntire headshot

James McIntire

Jubal

Lawrence Mandley headshot

Lawrence Mandley

Boatman

John Sherrod headshot

John Sherrod

Driver #1

Karl Anthony Smith headshot

Karl Anthony Smith

Gaunt Man

J. Christopher Sullivan headshot

J. Christopher Sullivan

Driver #2

Donna Howell headshot

Donna Howell

Elly

Billy Ray Reynolds headshot

Billy Ray Reynolds

Christopher

Michael Edwards headshot

Michael Edwards

Gentleman #1

Myke R. Mueller headshot

Myke R. Mueller

Gentleman #2

John Murray headshot

John Murray

Bishop Wadley

Alex Haley headshot

Alex Haley

Self - presenter

Bernard Peyton headshot

Bernard Peyton

Jolly

Tina Andrews headshot

Tina Andrews

Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Goldman headshot

Robert Goldman

Horseman (uncredited)

Debra Perry headshot

Debra Perry

Slave Girl (uncredited)