
Roots: The Gift
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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.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Released
- 1988
Details
Release year: 1988
Storyline
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
See all 32 credits →- Louis Gossett Jr. — Fiddler Reynolds
- LeVar Burton — Kunta Kinte
- Avery Brooks — Cletus Moyer
- Kate Mulgrew — Hattie Carraway