Roots: The Gift

Title details

Type

Movie

Original title

Roots: The Gift

Release year

1988

Release date

December 11, 1988

Status

Released

Runtime

93 minutes

Genres

Drama, History, TV Movie

Production companies

David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Director

Kevin Hooks

TMDB rating

7.3/10 (14 votes)

TMDB

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Cast

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

Fran Bennett

May

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Scarvie

B

Brandy Brown

Arabella

Ernest Harden Jr.

Nick

M

Maria Bryant

Lilly

J

James McIntire

Jubal

Lawrence Mandley

Boatman

J

John Sherrod

Driver #1

Characters

• Kunta Kinte voiced by LeVar Burton
• Fiddler voiced by Louis Gossett Jr.
• Cletus Moyer voiced by Avery Brooks
• Hattie Carraway voiced by Kate Mulgrew
• Edmund Parker, Jr. voiced by Shaun Cassidy
• Edmund Parker, Sr. voiced by John McMartin
• William Reynolds voiced by Jerry Hardin
• Sarah Parker voiced by Annabella Price
• Amelia Parker voiced by Michael Learned
• May voiced by Fran Bennett
• Marcellus voiced by Tim Russ
• Scarvie voiced by Jimmie F. Skaggs
• Arabella voiced by Brandy Brown
• Nick voiced by Ernest Harden Jr.
• Lilly voiced by Maria Bryant
• Jubal voiced by James McIntire
• Boatman voiced by Lawrence Mandley
• Driver #1 voiced by John Sherrod

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