Roots: The Gift

Name: Roots: The Gift
Cast: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy

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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 & Crew

Director: Kevin HooksWriter: David EyreProducers: Bernard Sofronski, David L. Wolper, Mark Wolper

LeVar Burton

as Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Fiddler

Avery Brooks

as Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

as Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

as Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

as Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

as William Reynolds

Annabella Price

as Sarah Parker

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