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Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift (1988)

Drama | 100 minutes
3,17 9 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 100 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Kevin Hooks

Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Michael Edwards and Jerry Hardin

IMDb score: 6,7 (730)

Releasedate: 11 December 1988

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Roots: The Gift plot

1768. Alex Haley's ancestor is given a western name as a slave. Seven years later, at Christmas, he hopes to receive the greatest gift, freedom; through the Underground Railroad movement.

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LeVar Burton LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Jerry Hardin Jerry Hardin

Reynolds

Kate Mulgrew Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

Avery Brooks Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Michael Learned Michael Learned

Amelia

John McMartin John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Brandy Brown Brandy Brown

Arabella

Maria Bryant Maria Bryant

Lilly

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