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Roots: The Gift

Genre:DramaHistoryTV Movie

Released:1988-12-11

Runtime:93

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.


Cast:

LeVar Burton

Character: Kunta Kinte

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Character: Fiddler

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Avery Brooks

Character: Cletus Moyer

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Kate Mulgrew

Character: Hattie Carraway

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Shaun Cassidy

Character: Edmund Parker, Jr.

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John McMartin

Character: Edmund Parker, Sr.

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Jerry Hardin

Character: William Reynolds

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Annabella Price

Character: Sarah Parker

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Michael Learned

Character: Amelia Parker

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Fran Bennett

Character: May

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Tim Russ

Character: Marcellus

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Jimmie F. Skaggs

Character: Scarvie

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Brandy Brown

Character: Arabella

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Ernest Harden Jr.

Character: Nick

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Maria Bryant

Character: Lilly

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James McIntire

Character: Jubal

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Lawrence Mandley

Character: Boatman

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John Sherrod

Character: Driver #1

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Karl Anthony Smith

Character: Gaunt Man

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J. Christopher Sullivan

Character: Driver #2

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Donna Howell

Character: Elly

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Billy Ray Reynolds

Character: Christopher

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Michael Edwards

Character: Gentleman #1

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Myke R. Mueller

Character: Gentleman #2

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John Murray

Character: Bishop Wadley

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Alex Haley

Character: Self - presenter

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Bernard Peyton

Character: Jolly

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Tina Andrews

Character: Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Robert Goldman

Character: Horseman (uncredited)

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Debra Perry

Character: Slave Girl (uncredited)

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