Roots: The Gift (1988)
1988 · PG · 1h 33m · Drama, History, TV Movie
Genres: Drama, History, TV Movie
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
Writers: David Eyre
Music by: Gerald Fried
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Editor: Stanford C. Allen
Cast
LeVar Burton as Kunta KinteLouis Gossett Jr. as FiddlerAvery Brooks as Cletus MoyerKate Mulgrew as Hattie CarrawayShaun Cassidy as Edmund Parker, Jr.John McMartin as Edmund Parker, Sr.Jerry Hardin as William ReynoldsAnnabella Price as Sarah ParkerMichael Learned as Amelia ParkerFran Bennett as MayTim Russ as MarcellusJimmie F. Skaggs as ScarvieMore like this
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