Roots: The Gift(1988)
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.
Movie: Roots: The Gift
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Kunta Kinte
Fiddler
Cletus Moyer
Hattie Carraway
Edmund Parker, Jr.
Edmund Parker, Sr.
William Reynolds
Sarah Parker
Amelia Parker
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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.
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1988-12-11
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