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Film / 1988
Roots: The Gift
Directed by
Kevin Hooks
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.
The story
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.
Cast
LeVar BurtonKunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.Fiddler
Avery BrooksCletus Moyer
Kate MulgrewHattie Carraway
Shaun CassidyEdmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartinEdmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry HardinWilliam Reynolds
Annabella PriceSarah Parker
Michael LearnedAmelia Parker
Fran BennettMay
Tim RussMarcellus
Jimmie F. SkaggsScarvie
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Brandy BrownArabella
Ernest Harden Jr.Nick
Maria BryantLilly
James McIntireJubal
Lawrence MandleyBoatman
John SherrodDriver #1
Karl Anthony SmithGaunt Man
J. Christopher SullivanDriver #2
Donna HowellElly
Billy Ray ReynoldsChristopher
Michael EdwardsGentleman #1
Myke R. MuellerGentleman #2
John MurrayBishop Wadley
Alex HaleySelf - presenter
Bernard PeytonJolly
Tina AndrewsAurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert GoldmanHorseman (uncredited)
Debra PerrySlave Girl (uncredited)
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