Dec 11, 1988
93 min
Full-HD

Roots: The Gift (1988)

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.

Category

Drama History TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

David L. Wolper Productions Warner Bros. Television

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

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