Film · Drama, History, TV Movie
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.
- Director
- Kevin Hooks
- Writers
- David Eyre
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- December 11, 1988
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- Brandy BrownArabella
Ernest Harden Jr.Nick- Maria BryantLilly
- James McIntireJubal
Lawrence MandleyBoatman- John SherrodDriver #1
- Karl Anthony SmithGaunt Man
- J. Christopher SullivanDriver #2
