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Roots: The Gift

Kevin Hooks

1988 • 1h 33m

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 ...

Roots: The Gift

Cast

LeVar Burton

LeVar BurtonKunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.Fiddler

Avery Brooks

Avery BrooksCletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

Kate MulgrewHattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun CassidyEdmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

John McMartinEdmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

Jerry HardinWilliam Reynolds

Annabella Price

Annabella PriceSarah Parker

Michael Learned

Michael LearnedAmelia Parker

Fran Bennett

Fran BennettMay

Tim Russ

Tim RussMarcellus

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Jimmie F. SkaggsScarvie

Brandy BrownArabella

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr.Nick

Maria BryantLilly

Crew

Kevin Hooks

Kevin HooksDirector

Gerald Fried

Gerald FriedOriginal Music Composer

David L. Wolper

David L. WolperExecutive Producer

John A. Alonzo

John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography

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