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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.

Genre : DramaHistoryTV Movie

Runtime : 93 mins

Release Date : 1988-12-11

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Cast

LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton

(Kunta Kinte)

Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.

(Fiddler)

Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks

(Cletus Moyer)

Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew

(Hattie Carraway)

Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy

(Edmund Parker, Jr.)

John McMartin
John McMartin

(Edmund Parker, Sr.)

Jerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin

(William Reynolds)

Annabella Price
Annabella Price

(Sarah Parker)

Michael Learned
Michael Learned

(Amelia Parker)

Fran Bennett
Fran Bennett

(May)

Tim Russ
Tim Russ

(Marcellus)

Jimmie F. Skaggs
Jimmie F. Skaggs

(Scarvie)

Brandy Brown
Brandy Brown

(Arabella)

Ernest Harden Jr.
Ernest Harden Jr.

(Nick)

Maria Bryant
Maria Bryant

(Lilly)

James McIntire
James McIntire

(Jubal)

Lawrence Mandley
Lawrence Mandley

(Boatman)

John Sherrod
John Sherrod

(Driver #1)

Karl Anthony Smith
Karl Anthony Smith

(Gaunt Man)

J. Christopher Sullivan
J. Christopher Sullivan

(Driver #2)

Donna Howell
Donna Howell

(Elly)

Billy Ray Reynolds
Billy Ray Reynolds

(Christopher)

Michael Edwards
Michael Edwards

(Gentleman #1)

Myke R. Mueller
Myke R. Mueller

(Gentleman #2)

John Murray
John Murray

(Bishop Wadley)

Alex Haley
Alex Haley

(Self - presenter)

Bernard Peyton
Bernard Peyton

(Jolly)

Tina Andrews
Tina Andrews

(Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited))

Robert Goldman
Robert Goldman

(Horseman (uncredited))

Debra Perry
Debra Perry

(Slave Girl (uncredited))

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