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Roots: The Gift( 1988)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      LeVar Burton

      Kunta Kinte

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      Louis Gossett Jr.

      Fiddler

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      Jerry Hardin

      Reynolds

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      Kate Mulgrew

      Hattie Carraway

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      Shaun Cassidy

      Edmund Parker, Jr.

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      Avery Brooks

      Cletus Moyer

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      Michael Learned

      Amelia

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      John McMartin

      Edmund Parker, Sr.

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      Brandy Brown

      Arabella

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      Maria Bryant

      Lilly

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      Ernest Harden Jr.

      Nick

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      Annabella Price

      Sarah

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      Fran Bennett

      May

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      Tim Russ

      Marcellus

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      Michael Edwards

      Gentleman #1

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      Debra Perry

      Slave Girl (uncredited)

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      Robert Goldman

      Horseman (uncredited)

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      Tina Andrews

      Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • holiday
    • freedom
    • slavery
    • racism
    • captive