Roots: The Gift (1988)

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

Kunta Kinte
Marcellus
Gentleman #1
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Horseman (uncredited)
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hattie Carraway
Edmund Parker, Jr.
Cletus Moyer
Edmund Parker, Sr.

Crew

Director
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Unit Production Manager