December 11, 1988
93 minutes
DramaHistoryTV Movie
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.
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Cast
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))
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