Roots: The Gift
6.7
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
30 people
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
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Louis Gossett Jr.
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Kate Mulgrew
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Kevin Hooks Director · David Eyre Writer Gerald Fried Composer
United States release December 11, 1988 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Television
Production
David L. Wolper Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Television
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1988
Theatrical
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