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.
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Cast: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Jerry Hardin, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy, Avery Brooks, Michael Learned, John McMartin, Brandy Brown, Maria Bryant, Ernest Harden Jr., Annabella Price, Fran Bennett
Crew: Mark Wolper (Producer), Kevin Hooks (Director), David L. Wolper (Executive Producer), Bernard Sofronski (Executive Producer), Gerald Fried (Original Music Composer)