![Roots: The Gift Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//tEYHKIBMBpUzl33MBNkrrMOezor.jpg)
Roots: The Gift
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December 11, 1988
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Drama, History, TV 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.
Featured Crew
Kevin Hooks
Director
Bernard Sofronski
Executive Producer
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
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Cast
![LeVar Burton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//tC74tISKpFGmJkrw24MMLix5nNa.jpg)
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
![Louis Gossett Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//27SplfxhM8Do78mYOyi43t1G3fy.jpg)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
![Jerry Hardin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//5VXeqsnepyAEuTT7vaiqfVyK7vZ.jpg)
Jerry Hardin
Reynolds
![Kate Mulgrew](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//cikUr2PEluEamVsLgrnWWLx9ZsI.jpg)
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
![Shaun Cassidy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//vUodMfHaiJT4k9cSF5yI71kjOeb.jpg)
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.