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Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

Kevin Hooks

1988

  • Drama
  • History
  • TV Movie
7.3

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.

Cast & crew

  • Kevin HooksDirector
  • 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

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