Roots: The Gift (1988) - Credits and Details | SkullJoy

Roots: The Gift Credits and Details

Directed by
	Kevin Hooks
Written by
	David Eyre	...	written by
Cast
	Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Fiddler Reynolds
	LeVar Burton	...	Kunta Kinte
	Avery Brooks	...	Cletus Moyer
	Kate Mulgrew	...	Hattie Carraway
	Shaun Cassidy	...	Edmund Parker Jr.
	John McMartin	...	Edmund Parker Sr.
	Jerry Hardin	...	Dr. William Reynolds
	Annabella Price	...	Sarah Parker
	Michael Learned	...	Amelia Parker
	Fran Bennett	...	Mammy May
	Tim Russ	...	Marcellus
	Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Scarvie
	Brandy Brown	...	Arabella Parker
	Ernest Harden Jr.	...	Nicholas
	Maria Bryant	...	Lilly (as Maria Bryant Ellis)
	James McIntire	...	Jubal
	Lawrence A. Mandley	...	Boatman
	John Sherrod	...	Driver #1
	Karl Anthony Smith	...	Gaunt Man
	J. Christopher Sullivan	...	Driver #2
	Donna Howell	...	Elly
	Billy Ray Reynolds	...	Christopher
	Michael Edwards	...	Gentleman #1
	Myke R. Mueller	...	Gentleman #2 (as Myke Mueller)
	John Murray	...	Bishop Wadley (as John Murrey)
	Alex Haley	...	Self - presenter
	Bernard Peyton	...	Jolly
Uncredited Cast
	Tina Andrews	...	Aurelia (archive footage)
	Robert Goldman	...	Horseman
	Debra Perry	...	Slave Girl
Produced by
	Bernard Sofronski	...	executive producer
	David L. Wolper	...	executive producer
	Mark Wolper	...	producer
Original Music by
	Gerald Fried

Additional Info
Premiere:	December 11, 1988
DVD Release:	October 09, 2007
Country:
Distributor:	Warner Brother Studios
Websites:

Ratings
6.7 / 10

Production Companies
David L. Wolper Productions
Warner Bros. Television

Distributors
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1988) (United States) (original airing) (TV)

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