Roots: The Gift (1988)
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Deviating from the storyline of Alex Haley's book, and the classic 1977 miniseries that followed, the plotline of 1988's Roots: The Gift finds African-born slave Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) and his plantation friend Fiddler (Louis Gossett Jr.) helping freed black man Cletus Moyer (Avery Brooks) smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Roots: The Gift was set during Christmas of 1775 because it was slated for telecast during the Christmas season of 1988 -- December 11, to be exact. This telecast was timed to coincide with the posthumous publication of Alex Haley's book A Different Kind of Christmas, which had nothing whatsoever to do with Roots but did concern itself with runaway slaves at Yuletide. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., (more)
- Director(s):
- Kevin Hooks
Synopsis of Roots: The Gift
Deviating from the storyline of Alex Haley's book, and the classic 1977 miniseries that followed, the plotline of 1988's Roots: The Gift finds African-born slave Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) and his plantation friend Fiddler (Louis Gossett Jr.) helping freed black man Cletus Moyer (Avery Brooks) smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Roots: The Gift was set during Christmas of 1775 because it was slated for telecast during the Christmas season of 1988 -- December 11, to be exact. This telecast was timed to coincide with the posthumous publication of Alex Haley's book A Different Kind of Christmas, which had nothing whatsoever to do with Roots but did concern itself with runaway slaves at Yuletide. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Roots: The Gift
- LeVar Burton - Kunta Kinte
- Avery Brooks - Cletus
- Jerry Hardin - Dr. Reynolds
- John McMartin - Parker
- Tim Russ - Slave Doorman
- Louis Gossett, Jr. - Fiddler
- Shaun Cassidy - Edmund Jr.
- Michael Learned - Amelia
- Kate Mulgrew - Hattie
- Annabella Price
- Director(s):
- Kevin Hooks
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