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Roots: The Gift

12/11/1988

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1hr 33min

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Drama

,History

,TV Movie

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • LeVar Burton
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Avery Brooks
  • Kate Mulgrew
  • Shaun Cassidy

    Directors

  • Kevin Hooks
  • Bill Carroll

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • David L. Wolper Productions
  • Warner Bros. Television

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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

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