Roots: The Gift (1988)

Roots: The Gift (1988)

1988-12-11 United States of America 93 Min. PG-13
6.8 11 votes

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 is Kunta Kinte
Kunta Kinte
Jerry Hardin is Reynolds
Reynolds
Kate Mulgrew is Hattie Carraway
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy is Edmund Parker, Jr.
Edmund Parker, Jr.
Avery Brooks is Cletus Moyer
Cletus Moyer
John McMartin is Edmund Parker, Sr.
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Brandy Brown is Arabella
Arabella