Roots: The Gift

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

LeVar Burton Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr. Fiddler

Avery Brooks Cletus Moyer

Kate Mulgrew Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy Edmund Parker, Jr.