MovieDramaHistoryTV Movie
Roots: The Gift
7.3(14)19881h 33m
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
- Created by
- Bernard Sofronski,David L. Wolper
- Writers
- David Eyre
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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
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie
Brandy Brown
Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
Maria Bryant
Lilly
James McIntire
Jubal
Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
John Sherrod
Driver #1
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
Donna Howell
Elly
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2
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Crew
Directing
- Kevin HooksDirector
Writing
- David EyreWriter
Production
- Bernard SofronskiExecutive Producer
- David L. WolperExecutive Producer
- Mark WolperProducer
- Bill CarrollUnit Production Manager
Camera
- John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
Editing
- Stanford C. AllenEditor
Sound
- Gerald FriedOriginal Music Composer