Roots: The Gift (1988)
Roots: The Gift (1988)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
RentCurrently Roots: The Gift is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie
Brandy Brown
Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
Maria Bryant
Lilly
James McIntire
Jubal
Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
Jo Doster
CastingDirector
John Sherrod
Driver #1
Beala Neel
ProductionDesigner
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
Donna Howell
Elly
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2
John Murray
Bishop Wadley
Alex Haley
Self - presenter
Bernard Peyton
Jolly
Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)
Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 11, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
holiday
slavery
freedom
racism
captive
Wiki.
Roots: The Gift is a 1988 American historical drama television film directed by Kevin Hooks and written by D.M. Eyre Jr. It is the third installment of the Roots miniseries. The film premiered on ABC on December 11, 1988, with AT&T as the sole national sponsor for the broadcast, and was crafted as a Christmas film. LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. reprise their respective roles of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler. The film takes place between the second and third episodes of the original Roots series. It was watched by 23.3 million viewers.
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