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Roots: The Gift

"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."

Cast

2390

LeVar Burton

as Kunta Kinte

20959

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Fiddler

822

Avery Brooks

as Cletus Moyer

35317

Kate Mulgrew

as Hattie Carraway

160161

Shaun Cassidy

as Edmund Parker, Jr.

13728

John McMartin

as Edmund Parker, Sr.

89141

Jerry Hardin

as William Reynolds

174893

Annabella Price

as Sarah Parker

65101

Michael Learned

as Amelia Parker

1212018

Fran Bennett

as May

55538

Tim Russ

as Marcellus

133771

Jimmie F. Skaggs

as Scarvie

217194

Brandy Brown

as Arabella

36040

Ernest Harden Jr.

as Nick

936419

Maria Bryant

as Lilly

1033154

James McIntire

as Jubal

1214190

Lawrence Mandley

as Boatman

1614242

John Sherrod

as Driver #1

2151328

Karl Anthony Smith

as Gaunt Man

95980

J. Christopher Sullivan

as Driver #2

2938309

Donna Howell

as Elly

3196156

Billy Ray Reynolds

as Christopher

1539682

Michael Edwards

as Gentleman #1

75028

Myke R. Mueller

as Gentleman #2

66107

John Murray

as Bishop Wadley

19741

Alex Haley

as Self - presenter

2699570

Bernard Peyton

as Jolly

153646

Tina Andrews

as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

1444178

Robert Goldman

as Horseman (uncredited)

4112958

Debra Perry

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

Crew

40230

Kevin Hooks

Director

3350

Gerald Fried

Original Music Composer

936422

Mark Wolper

Producer

936421

Bernard Sofronski

Executive Producer

3453

David L. Wolper

Executive Producer

1153

John A. Alonzo

Director of Photography

16533

Stanford C. Allen

Editor

66805

David Eyre

Writer

3805791

Bill Carroll

Unit Production Manager