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Roots: The Gift

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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 1988-12-11
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Studios: David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television,


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 / Directors

Kevin Hooks
Director


Cast

LeVar Burton
Character: Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
Character: Fiddler
Jerry Hardin
Character: Reynolds

Kate Mulgrew
Character: Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Character: Edmund Parker, Jr.
Avery Brooks
Character: Cletus Moyer

Michael Learned
Character: Amelia
John McMartin
Character: Edmund Parker, Sr.
Brandy Brown
Character: Arabella

Maria Bryant
Character: Lilly
Ernest Harden Jr.
Character: Nick
Annabella Price
Character: Sarah

Fran Bennett
Character: May
Tim Russ
Character: Marcellus
Michael Edwards
Character: Gentleman #1

Debra Perry
Character: Slave Girl (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
Character: Horseman (uncredited)
Tina Andrews
Character: Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Bernard Sofronski
Executive Producer
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Mark Wolper
Producer

Gerald Fried
Original Music Composer
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography

Bill Carroll
Unit Production Manager