Roots: The Gift
1988On 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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LeVar Burton
as Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Fiddler
Jerry Hardin
as Reynolds
Kate Mulgrew
as Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
as Edmund Parker, Jr.
Avery Brooks
as Cletus Moyer
Michael Learned
as Amelia
John McMartin
as Edmund Parker, Sr.
Brandy Brown
as Arabella
Maria Bryant
as Lilly
Ernest Harden Jr.
as Nick
Annabella Price
as Sarah
Fran Bennett
as May
Tim Russ
as Marcellus
Michael Edwards
as Gentleman #1
Debra Perry
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
as Horseman (uncredited)
Tina Andrews
as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)