Roots: The Gift (1988)

12/11/1988 (US) • 1h 33m

Drama, History, TV 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.

Top Billed Cast

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

holiday

freedom

slavery

racism

captive

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