Roots: The Gift

Directed by Kevin Hooks
PG
1988    1h 33mDrama, History,
6.678%
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.

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Cast of Roots: The Gift

  • 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
  • Donna HowellElly
  • Billy Ray ReynoldsChristopher
  • Michael EdwardsGentleman #1
  • Myke R. MuellerGentleman #2
  • John MurrayBishop Wadley
  • Alex HaleySelf - presenter
  • Bernard PeytonJolly
  • Tina AndrewsAurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Robert GoldmanHorseman (uncredited)
  • Debra PerrySlave Girl (uncredited)
  • Kevin HooksDirector
  • David EyreWriter
  • Mark WolperProducer

 

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