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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
Kevin-Hooks
48 total credits
Credits include: Prison Break, Passenger 57, Prison Break: The Final Break, Fled and Sounder

Writers:

Alex Haley
Alex-Haley
9 total credits
Credits include: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
,
David Eyre Jr.
David-Eyre-Jr
4 total credits
Credits include: Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, Roots: The Gift, Pastime and Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story

Starring:

Avery Brooks
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.
,
LeVar Burton
LeVar-Burton
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)
,
Michael Learned
Michael-Learned
18 total credits
Credits include: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Monsters, The Waltons, Loggerheads and Murder in New Hampshire
,
Kate Mulgrew
Kate-Mulgrew
23 total credits
Credits include: Throw Momma from the Train, Orange Is the New Black, Star Trek: Voyager, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and The Captains
,
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis-Gossett-Jr
94 total credits
Credits include: Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D, The Punisher and Toy Soldiers
,
John McMartin
John-McMartin
14 total credits
Credits include: Blow Out, No Reservations, Pennies from Heaven, Who's That Girl? and Sweet Charity
,
Jerry Hardin
Jerry-Hardin
23 total credits
Credits include: Cujo, The Hot Spot, Honkytonk Man, Blaze and Little Nikita
,
Shaun Cassidy
Shaun-Cassidy
9 total credits
Credits include: Invasion, Emerald City, American Gothic, Strays and Once Upon a Texas Train
,
Tim Russ
Tim-Russ
31 total credits
Credits include: The Midnight Sky, Star Trek: Voyager, Crossroads, The OH in Ohio and The Twilight Zone
,
Ernest Harden Jr.
Ernest-Harden-Jr
22 total credits
Credits include: Transporter 2, White Men Can't Jump, Hollywood Homicide, Born in East L.A. and The Final Terror
,
Fran Bennett
Fran-Bennett
11 total credits
Credits include: Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Jessabelle, The Manor, The Jennie Project and Roots: The Gift
,
Annabella Price
Annabella-Price
1 total credit
Credits include: Roots: The Gift

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Roots: The Gift

1988
Drama
TV Movie
1h 40m
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Kevin Hooks
Kevin-Hooks
48 total credits
Credits include: Prison Break, Passenger 57, Prison Break: The Final Break, Fled and Sounder

Writers:

Alex Haley
Alex-Haley
9 total credits
Credits include: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
,
David Eyre Jr.
David-Eyre-Jr
4 total credits
Credits include: Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, Roots: The Gift, Pastime and Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story

Starring:

Avery Brooks
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.
,
LeVar Burton
LeVar-Burton
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)
,
Michael Learned
Michael-Learned
18 total credits
Credits include: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Monsters, The Waltons, Loggerheads and Murder in New Hampshire
,
Kate Mulgrew
Kate-Mulgrew
23 total credits
Credits include: Throw Momma from the Train, Orange Is the New Black, Star Trek: Voyager, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and The Captains
,
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis-Gossett-Jr
94 total credits
Credits include: Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D, The Punisher and Toy Soldiers
,
John McMartin
John-McMartin
14 total credits
Credits include: Blow Out, No Reservations, Pennies from Heaven, Who's That Girl? and Sweet Charity
,
Jerry Hardin
Jerry-Hardin
23 total credits
Credits include: Cujo, The Hot Spot, Honkytonk Man, Blaze and Little Nikita
,
Shaun Cassidy
Shaun-Cassidy
9 total credits
Credits include: Invasion, Emerald City, American Gothic, Strays and Once Upon a Texas Train
,
Tim Russ
Tim-Russ
31 total credits
Credits include: The Midnight Sky, Star Trek: Voyager, Crossroads, The OH in Ohio and The Twilight Zone
,
Ernest Harden Jr.
Ernest-Harden-Jr
22 total credits
Credits include: Transporter 2, White Men Can't Jump, Hollywood Homicide, Born in East L.A. and The Final Terror
,
Fran Bennett
Fran-Bennett
11 total credits
Credits include: Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Jessabelle, The Manor, The Jennie Project and Roots: The Gift
,
Annabella Price
Annabella-Price
1 total credit
Credits include: Roots: The Gift

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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