Roots: The Gift

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.

Drama History TV Movie

LeVar Burton

(Kunta Kinte)

Louis Gossett Jr.

(Fiddler)

Jerry Hardin

(Reynolds)

Kate Mulgrew

(Hattie Carraway)

Shaun Cassidy

(Edmund Parker, Jr.)

Avery Brooks

(Cletus Moyer)

Michael Learned

(Amelia)

John McMartin

(Edmund Parker, Sr.)

Brandy Brown

(Arabella)

Maria Bryant

(Lilly)

Ernest Harden Jr.

(Nick)

Annabella Price

(Sarah)

Fran Bennett

(May)

Tim Russ

(Marcellus)

Michael Edwards

(Gentleman #1)

Debra Perry

(Slave Girl (uncredited))

Robert Goldman

(Horseman (uncredited))

Tina Andrews

(Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited))