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Roots: The Gift is a 1988 television film. It is the third installment of the Roots series, which traces the maternal family history of African American author Alex Haley, starting with his fourth great-grandfather Kunta Kinte. The film premiered on ABC on December 11, 1988, with AT&T as the sole national sponsor for the broadcast. LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. reprise their respective roles of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler. The film takes place between the second and third episodes of the original Roots miniseries.
Original Release
12/11/1988
US Release
12/11/1988
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Gossett Jr. | Fiddler / Fiddler Reynolds |
LeVar Burton | Kunta Kinte |
Avery Brooks | Cletus Moyer |
Kate Mulgrew | Hattie Carraway |
Shaun Cassidy | Edmund Parker, Jr. / Edmund Parker Jr. |
John McMartin | Edmund Parker, Sr. / Edmund Parker Sr. |
Jerry Hardin | Reynolds / Dr. William Reynolds |
Annabella Price | Sarah / Sarah Parker |
Michael Learned | Amelia / Amelia Parker |
Fran Bennett | Mammy May / May |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Gossett Jr. | Fiddler / Fiddler Reynolds |
LeVar Burton | Kunta Kinte |
Avery Brooks | Cletus Moyer |
Kate Mulgrew | Hattie Carraway |
Shaun Cassidy | Edmund Parker, Jr. / Edmund Parker Jr. |
John McMartin | Edmund Parker, Sr. / Edmund Parker Sr. |
Jerry Hardin | Reynolds / Dr. William Reynolds |
Annabella Price | Sarah / Sarah Parker |
Michael Learned | Amelia / Amelia Parker |
Fran Bennett | Mammy May / May |
Tim Russ | Marcellus |
Jimmie F. Skaggs | Scarvie |
Brandy Brown | Arabella / Arabella Parker |
Ernest Harden Jr. | Nick / Nicholas |
Maria Bryant | Lilly |
James McIntire | Jubal |
Lawrence A. Mandley | Boatman |
John Sherrod | Driver #1 |
Karl Anthony Smith | Gaunt Man |
J. Christopher Sullivan | Driver #2 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bernard Sofronski | Executive Producer |
David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
Feliks Norski | Producer |