Roots: The Gift

December. 11,1988 PG

Rating：

6.7

Genre：

Drama History TV Movie

Keywords：

Holiday Racism Slavery

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler

Jerry Hardin as Reynolds

Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway

Shaun Cassidy as Edmund Parker, Jr.

Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer

Michael Learned as Amelia

John McMartin as Edmund Parker, Sr.

Ernest Harden Jr. as Nick

Annabella Price as Sarah

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Reviews

YouHeart

1988/12/11

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

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Tacticalin

1988/12/12

An absolute waste of money

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Roy Hart

1988/12/13

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

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Kimball

1988/12/14

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Single-Black-Male

1988/12/15

After Kunta Kinte was stripped of his name and sold his soul by confessing that he was now Toby Reynolds, Fiddler now became his soul mate for life. There was a very touching moment at the end of episode 2 of 'Roots' where the Fiddler unties Kunta and offers him some comfort. Kunta's defiance of Mr. Ames displayed who the Fiddler (and the rest of the slaves on the plantation) really was. When the tears came to his eyes it also came to our eyes, and it was then that we really cared about this special relationship amongst two slaves. What other film is there where the audience cares about slaves? 'Roots: The Gift' explores their relationship in greater detail before Kunta grew up to be the John Amos portrayal in episode 3. A beautiful relationship if I may say so myself.

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Pal-10

1988/12/16

ROOTS: THE GIFT Is an excellent addition to the saga. Because It Is set In between the time period of Parts 2 and 3 of the original series, It's likely that you would find It hard to understand. However even If you haven't seen any of ROOTS, THE GIFT Is a fell-good drama, and you'll be guaranteed a little weep.

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G-Woman

1988/12/17

I found this film and rented it because I'm working my way through Kate's films.... what surprised me was the number of Trek actors in it! Levar Burton (Geordie LaForge - TNG), Avery Brookes (Sisco, DS9), Tim Russ (Tuvok, Voyager) and Kate also (Janeway, Voyager). I wasn't surprised to find her playing a woman of dubious morals - she seems to do it so well ( as in Throw Momma from the Train ) - and I think she brought some depth to a small but difficult role.

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