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Roots: The Gift

7.319881h 33mPGMovieDramaHistoryTV Movie

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.

DirectorKevin Hooks
WriterDavid Eyre
ProducersBernard Sofronski·David L. Wolper

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Cast · Directed by Kevin Hooks

LBLeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
LJLouis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
ABAvery Brooks
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
KMKate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
SCShaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
JMJohn McMartin
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
JHJerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
APAnnabella Price
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
MLMichael Learned
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
FBFran Bennett
Fran Bennett
May
TRTim Russ
Tim Russ
Marcellus
JSJimmie F. Skaggs
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie

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Roots: The Gift isn't available free in United States; you can only rent or buy it on Amazon Video.