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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.

1988 |1h 33m |  Drama, History, TV Movie

Cast

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LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

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Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

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Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

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Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

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John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

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Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

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Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

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Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

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Fran Bennett

May

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Tim Russ

Marcellus

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Jimmie F. Skaggs

Scarvie

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Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

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Lawrence Mandley

Boatman

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John Murray

Bishop Wadley

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Tina Andrews

Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Robert Goldman

Horseman (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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