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Roots: The Gift
Dec 11, 1988 · 1h 33m
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Drama
History
TV Movie
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.
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CAST
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
Directed by
Kevin Hooks
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Country
US
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