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Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift
1988
Drama
TV Movie
1h 40m
The characters of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler from Roots are back in this movie. In this movie the two of them accompany their owner to another plantation at Christmas time and they learn that the son of the owner helps slaves escape. And the two of them try to help him and also see this as an opportunity to escape themselves.
Directed by:
Kevin Hooks
44 total credits
Kevin Hooks has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Prison Break, Passenger 57, Prison Break: The Final Break, Fled and Sounder
Writers:
Alex Haley
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
4 total credits
David Eyre Jr. has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, Roots: The Gift, Pastime and Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Starring:
Avery Brooks
20 total credits
Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Robert Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film American History X.
39 total credits
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia)
18 total credits
Michael Learned has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Monsters, The Waltons, Loggerheads and Murder in New Hampshire
23 total credits
Kate Mulgrew has 23 credits at Criticker, including: Throw Momma from the Train, Orange Is the New Black, Star Trek: Voyager, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and The Captains
94 total credits
Louis Gossett Jr. has 94 credits at Criticker, including: Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D, The Punisher and Toy Soldiers
14 total credits
John McMartin has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Blow Out, No Reservations, Pennies from Heaven, Who's That Girl? and Sweet Charity
23 total credits
Jerry Hardin has 23 credits at Criticker, including: Cujo, The Hot Spot, Honkytonk Man, Blaze and Little Nikita
9 total credits
Shaun Cassidy has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Invasion, Emerald City, American Gothic, Strays and Once Upon a Texas Train
22 total credits
Ernest Harden Jr. has 22 credits at Criticker, including: Transporter 2, White Men Can't Jump, Hollywood Homicide, Born in East L.A. and The Final Terror
11 total credits
Fran Bennett has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Jessabelle, The Manor, The Jennie Project and Roots: The Gift
1 total credit
Annabella Price has just 1 credit at Criticker: Roots: The Gift
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Directed by:
Kevin Hooks 44 total credits
Kevin Hooks has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Prison Break, Passenger 57, Prison Break: The Final Break, Fled and Sounder
Writers:
Alex Haley 9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
4 total credits
David Eyre Jr. has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, Roots: The Gift, Pastime and Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Starring:
Avery Brooks 20 total credits
Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Robert Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film American History X.
39 total credits
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia)
18 total credits
Michael Learned has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Monsters, The Waltons, Loggerheads and Murder in New Hampshire
23 total credits
Kate Mulgrew has 23 credits at Criticker, including: Throw Momma from the Train, Orange Is the New Black, Star Trek: Voyager, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and The Captains
94 total credits
Louis Gossett Jr. has 94 credits at Criticker, including: Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D, The Punisher and Toy Soldiers
14 total credits
John McMartin has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Blow Out, No Reservations, Pennies from Heaven, Who's That Girl? and Sweet Charity
23 total credits
Jerry Hardin has 23 credits at Criticker, including: Cujo, The Hot Spot, Honkytonk Man, Blaze and Little Nikita
9 total credits
Shaun Cassidy has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Invasion, Emerald City, American Gothic, Strays and Once Upon a Texas Train
22 total credits
Ernest Harden Jr. has 22 credits at Criticker, including: Transporter 2, White Men Can't Jump, Hollywood Homicide, Born in East L.A. and The Final Terror
11 total credits
Fran Bennett has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Jessabelle, The Manor, The Jennie Project and Roots: The Gift
1 total credit
Annabella Price has just 1 credit at Criticker: Roots: The Gift
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