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Roots: The Gift

MOVIE • 1988

Roots: The Gift

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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.

TMDB ★ 3.6/5Votes: 14
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Top Cast

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

Michael Learned

Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

May

Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Scarvie

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Brandy Brown

Arabella

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

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Film

Status

Released

Release

December 11, 1988

Runtime

93 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

N/A

Revenue

N/A

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