
Roots: The Gift
- Drama
- History
- TV Movie
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

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
- Brandy Brown
Brandy Brown
Arabella

Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
- Maria Bryant
Maria Bryant
Lilly
- James McIntire
James McIntire
Jubal

Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
- John Sherrod
John Sherrod
Driver #1
- Karl Anthony Smith
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
- J. Christopher Sullivan
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
- Donna Howell
Donna Howell
Elly
- Billy Ray Reynolds
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
- Michael Edwards
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
- Myke R. Mueller
Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2

John Murray
Bishop Wadley

Alex Haley
Self - presenter
- Bernard Peyton
Bernard Peyton
Jolly

Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)

Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)
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