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Roots: The Gift poster

Roots: The Gift Cast & Characters

PG 1988 · 1h 33m 73 Audience
Prime Video Available on Prime Video
Starring Cast
L
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
L
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
A
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
K
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
S
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
J
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Key crew
Director
Kevin Hooks
Screenplay
David Eyre
Producers
Bernard Sofronski , David L. Wolper , Mark Wolper
Music
Gerald Fried
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Editor
Stanford C. Allen

Full cast

30 cast members

Crew by department

9 crew members