Roots: The Gift

6.8

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.

Discover

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Avery Brooks

Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew

Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy

Edmund Parker, Jr.

John McMartin

Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin

William Reynolds

Annabella Price

Sarah Parker

Michael Learned

Amelia Parker

Tim Russ

Marcellus

Brandy Brown

Arabella

John Sherrod

Driver #1

Billy Ray Reynolds

Christopher

Michael Edwards

Gentleman #1

Myke R. Mueller

Gentleman #2

John Murray

Bishop Wadley

Alex Haley

Self - presenter

Tina Andrews

Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Goldman

Horseman (uncredited)

Debra Perry

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Camera

John A. Alonzo

Director of Photography

Directing

Kevin Hooks

Director

Editing

Production

Bernard Sofronski

Executive Producer

David L. Wolper

Executive Producer

Mark Wolper

Producer

Bill Carroll

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Gerald Fried

Original Music Composer

Writing

David Eyre

Writer

Camera

John A. Alonzo

Director of Photography

Directing

Kevin Hooks

Director

Editing

Production

Bernard Sofronski

Executive Producer

David L. Wolper

Executive Producer

Mark Wolper

Producer

Bill Carroll

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Gerald Fried

Original Music Composer

Writing

David Eyre

Writer