Roots: The Gift

Duration: 93 min

Release date: 1988-12-11

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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.

Drama History TV Movie

Roots: The Gift

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Cletus Moyer

as Hattie Carraway

as Edmund Parker, Jr.

as Edmund Parker, Sr.

as William Reynolds

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

as Sarah Parker

Michael Learned

Michael Learned

as Amelia Parker

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Lawrence Mandley

Lawrence Mandley

Karl Anthony Smith

Karl Anthony Smith

J. Christopher Sullivan

J. Christopher Sullivan

Billy Ray Reynolds

Billy Ray Reynolds

Michael Edwards

Michael Edwards

as Gentleman #1

Myke R. Mueller

Myke R. Mueller

as Gentleman #2

as Bishop Wadley

as Self - presenter

as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Horseman (uncredited)

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

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Original Music Composer

Bernard Sofronski

Bernard Sofronski

Executive Producer

David L. Wolper

David L. Wolper

Executive Producer

Stanford C. Allen

Stanford C. Allen

Director of Photography

Unit Production Manager

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