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Roots: The Gift

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Roots: The Gift

6.8

1h 33m

1988

Synopsis

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

DramaHistoryTV Movie

holidayfreedomslaveryracismcaptive

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Cast & Crew

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

as Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Fiddler

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

as Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

as Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy

as Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

John McMartin

as Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

as William Reynolds

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

as Sarah Parker

Michael Learned

Michael Learned

as Amelia Parker

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