Roots: The Gift
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.
Roots: The Gift
December 11, 1988
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Cast (30)
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie
Brandy Brown
Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
Maria Bryant
Lilly
James McIntire
Jubal
Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
John Sherrod
Driver #1
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
Donna Howell
Elly
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2
John Murray
Bishop Wadley
Alex Haley
Self - presenter
Bernard Peyton
Jolly
Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)
Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Crew (9)
Directing
Kevin Hooks
Director
Writing
David Eyre
Writer
Production
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Bill Carroll
Unit Production Manager
Mark Wolper
Producer
Bernard Sofronski
Executive Producer
Sound
Gerald Fried
Original Music Composer
Art
No data availableCamera
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing
Stanford C. Allen
Editor