Drama ·History ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1988 · 1h 33m

Roots: The Gift

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Director
Kevin Hooks
Cast
LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway Shaun Cassidy as Edmund Parker, Jr. John McMartin as Edmund Parker, Sr.
Crew
John A. Alonzo — Director of Photography Stanford C. Allen — Editor Gerald Fried — Original Music Composer David Eyre — Writer Mark Wolper — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
holidayfreedomslaveryracismcaptive
Key Collaborators
Kevin Hooks Director John A. Alonzo Director of Photography Stanford C. Allen Editor Gerald Fried Original Music Composer David Eyre Writer Mark Wolper Producer
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