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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.
Theatrical
Dec 11, 1988
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Cast
Full credits →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.
J
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
A
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
M
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
F
Fran Bennett
May
T
Tim Russ
Marcellus
J
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie
E
Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
J
James McIntire
Jubal
L
Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
J
John Sherrod
Driver #1
K
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
J
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
B
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
M
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
