Roots - Das Geschenk der Freiheit (1988)
Am Weihnachtsabend des Jahres 1770 führt ein junger afrikanischer Krieger, der drei Jahre zuvor gefangen genommen und in Amerika in die Sklaverei verkauft worden war, eine verzweifelte Gruppe entlaufener Sklaven an, die versuchen, im Norden die Freiheit zu erlangen.
Der Regisseur: Kevin Hooks
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LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte |
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Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler |
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Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer |
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Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway |
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Shaun Cassidy as Edmund Parker, Jr. |
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John McMartin as Edmund Parker, Sr. |
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Jerry Hardin as William Reynolds |
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Annabella Price as Sarah Parker |
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Michael Learned as Amelia Parker |
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Fran Bennett as May |
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Tim Russ as Marcellus |
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Jimmie F. Skaggs as Scarvie |
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Brandy Brown as Arabella |
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Ernest Harden Jr. as Nick |
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Maria Bryant as Lilly |
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James McIntire as Jubal |
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Lawrence Mandley as Boatman |
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John Sherrod as Driver #1 |
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Karl Anthony Smith as Gaunt Man |
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J. Christopher Sullivan as Driver #2 |
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Donna Howell as Elly |
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Billy Ray Reynolds as Christopher |
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Michael Edwards as Gentleman #1 |
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Myke R. Mueller as Gentleman #2 |
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John Murray as Bishop Wadley |
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Alex Haley as Self - presenter |
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Bernard Peyton as Jolly |
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Tina Andrews as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Robert Goldman as Horseman (uncredited) |
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Debra Perry as Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Directing | Kevin Hooks | Director |
| Sound | Gerald Fried | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mark Wolper | Producer |
| Production | Bernard Sofronski | Executive Producer |
| Production | David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stanford C. Allen | Editor |
| Writing | David Eyre | Writer |
| Production | Bill Carroll | Unit Production Manager |
