Roots: The Gift

1988

PG

1h 33m

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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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David Eyre(writer by)
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LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
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Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
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Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
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Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
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John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
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Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
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Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
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Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
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Tim Russ
Marcellus
Brandy Brown
Arabella
John Sherrod
Driver #1

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David Eyre(writer by)

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Release date

December 11, 1988 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

David L. Wolper Productions
Warner Bros. Television

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