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Roots: The Gift (1988)

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Roots: The Gift

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Director

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  • Kevin Hooks
    Kevin Hooks

Writer

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(WGA)
  • David Eyre
    David Eyre
    written by (as D.M. Eyre Jr.)

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Fiddler Reynolds
  • LeVar Burton
    LeVar Burton
    LeVar Burton
    Kunta Kinte
  • Avery Brooks at an event for Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
    Avery Brooks
    Avery Brooks
    Cletus Moyer
  • Kate Mulgrew
    Kate Mulgrew
    Kate Mulgrew
    Hattie Carraway
  • Shaun Cassidy
    Shaun Cassidy
    Shaun Cassidy
    Edmund Parker Jr.
  • John McMartin
    John McMartin
    John McMartin
    Edmund Parker Sr.
  • Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    Dr. William Reynolds
  • Annabella Price
    Annabella Price
    Sarah Parker
  • Michael Learned
    Michael Learned
    Michael Learned
    Amelia Parker
  • Fran Bennett in The Book of Daniel (2006)
    Fran Bennett
    Fran Bennett
    Mammy May
  • Tim Russ in Crossroads (1986)
    Tim Russ
    Tim Russ
    Marcellus
  • Jimmie F. Skaggs
    Jimmie F. Skaggs
    Jimmie F. Skaggs
    Scarvie
  • Brandy Brown
    Brandy Brown
    Arabella Parker
  • Ernest Harden Jr.
    Ernest Harden Jr.
    Ernest Harden Jr.
    Nicholas
  • Maria Bryant
    Maria Bryant
    Lilly
    (as Maria Bryant Ellis)
  • James McIntire
    James McIntire
    Jubal
  • Lawrence A. Mandley
    Lawrence A. Mandley
    Lawrence A. Mandley
    Boatman
  • John Sherrod
    John Sherrod
    Driver #1
  • Karl Anthony Smith
    Karl Anthony Smith
    Gaunt Man
  • J. Christopher Sullivan
    J. Christopher Sullivan
    Driver #2
  • Donna Howell
    Donna Howell
    Elly
  • Billy Ray Reynolds
    Billy Ray Reynolds
    Christopher
  • Michael Edwards
    Michael Edwards
    Gentleman #1
  • Myke R. Mueller
    Myke R. Mueller
    Gentleman #2
    (as Myke Mueller)
  • John Murray
    John Murray
    Bishop Wadley
    (as John Murrey)
  • Alex Haley
    Alex Haley
    Alex Haley
    Self - presenter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Bernard Peyton
    Bernard Peyton
    Jolly
  • Tina Andrews
    Tina Andrews
    Tina Andrews
    Aurelia
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Robert Goldman
    Robert Goldman
    Robert Goldman
    Horseman
    (uncredited)
  • Debra Perry
    Debra Perry
    Debra Perry
    Slave Girl
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Bernard Sofronski
    Bernard Sofronski
    executive producer
  • David L. Wolper
    David L. Wolper
    executive producer
  • Mark Wolper
    Mark Wolper
    producer

Composer

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  • Gerald Fried
    Gerald Fried

Cinematographer

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  • John A. Alonzo
    John A. Alonzo
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Stanford C. Allen
    Stanford C. Allen

Casting Director

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  • Jo Doster
    Jo Doster

Production Designer

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  • Beala Neel
    Beala Neel

Set Decorator

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  • Bill Webb
    Bill Webb
    set decorator (as William Webb)

Costume Designer

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  • Dodie Shepard
    Dodie Shepard

Makeup Department

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  • Mike Moschella
    Mike Moschella
    makeup artist
  • Jan Van Uchelen
    Jan Van Uchelen
    hair stylist
  • Julia L. Walker
    Julia L. Walker
    assistant hair stylist

Production Manager

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  • Bill Carroll
    Bill Carroll
    unit production manager

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Cathy A. Roszell
    Cathy A. Roszell
    second assistant director (as Cathy Roszell)

Art Department

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  • Jimmie Herron Jr.
    Jimmie Herron Jr.
    property master

Sound Department

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  • Gregg Barbanell
    Gregg Barbanell
    foley artist
  • Jeremy Hoenack
    Jeremy Hoenack
    supervising sound editor
  • Michael Payne
    Michael Payne
    sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Jeff Wolf
    Jeff Wolf
    assistant camera

Music Department

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  • Tom Boyd
    Tom Boyd
    musician: oboe soloist
  • Donald Harris
    Donald Harris
    music editor (as Don Harris)
  • Tommy Morgan
    Tommy Morgan
    musician: harmonica

Transportation Department

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  • Ron Bledsoe
    Ron Bledsoe
    transportation

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