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Roots: The Gift (1988)

Roots: The Gift

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1h 33m

Drama, Historical

December 25th, 1990

6.5/10

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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

Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler Reynolds
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker Jr.
John McMartin
Edmund Parker Sr.
Jerry Hardin
Dr. William Reynolds
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
Mammy May
Full cast & crew

Directors

Kevin Hooks
Full cast & crew

Producers

Bernard Sofronski
executive producer
David L. Wolper
executive producer
Mark Wolper
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

David Eyre Jr.
written by
(as D.M. Eyre Jr.)
Full cast & crew

Keywords

captive
heritage
bare chested male
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 1st, 1989 (Finland) (video premiere)
December 25th, 1990 (Finland)
December 24th, 1990 (Netherlands)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Roots: The Gift (original title)
Raízes, o Levante (Brazil)
Juuret - Kunta Kinten joulu (Finland)
All Alternative Titles

Running Times

93 min
100 min ((USA))

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television
David L. Wolper Productions
David Wolper Productions

Distribution Companies

Musiikki Fazer (Finland)
Warner Home Video (Finland)
Nelonen (Finland)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

Sound Trax Studios (post-production sound) / (post production sound)
Pacific Title (United States of America) (title design) / (optical effects)

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