Roots: The Gift (1988)

ALL 12/11/1988 (en) Drama, History, TV Movie 93 Min
  • Release
    12/11/1988
  • Production
    David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
  • Rotten tomato
    68.18%
  • Original title
    Roots: The Gift
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Kevin Hooks

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Mark Wolper

    Producer



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Casts

  1. LeVar Burton

    Kunta Kinte

  2. Louis Gossett Jr.

    Fiddler

  3. Jerry Hardin

    Reynolds

  4. Kate Mulgrew

    Hattie Carraway

  5. Shaun Cassidy

    Edmund Parker, Jr.

  6. Avery Brooks

    Cletus Moyer

  7. Michael Learned

    Amelia

  8. John McMartin

    Edmund Parker, Sr.

  9. Brandy Brown

    Arabella

  10. Maria Bryant

    Lilly

  11. Ernest Harden Jr.

    Nick

  12. Annabella Price

    Sarah

  13. Fran Bennett

    May

  14. Tim Russ

    Marcellus

  15. Michael Edwards

    Gentleman #1

  16. Debra Perry

    Slave Girl (uncredited)

  17. Robert Goldman

    Horseman (uncredited)

  18. Tina Andrews

    Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 18 , Crews : 9

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Roots: The Gift (1988) 93 Min

ALL 12/11/1988 (en)
Drama, History, TV Movie
  • Release 12/11/1988
  • Production
    David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
  • Original title Roots: The Gift
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Kevin Hooks

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Stanford C. Allen

    Editor

  4. Mark Wolper

    Producer