Roots: The Gift

6.8 / 10

(12 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

History,

TV Movie

Duration:

93 minutes

Year:

1988

Director:

Kevin Hooks

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Company:

David L. Wolper Productions,

Warner Bros. Television

Cast:
LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Jerry Hardin

Reynolds

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

Crew:
Kevin Hooks

Director

Gerald Fried

Original Music Composer

Bernard Sofronski

Executive Producer

David L. Wolper

Executive Producer

Mark Wolper

Producer