Raíces: un regalo de Kunta Kinte

Raíces: un regalo de Kunta Kinte (1988)

Roots: The Gift

Fiddler y Kunta Kinte participan en una arriesgada misión secreta para ayudar a escapar a varios esclavos aprovechando la noche de Navidad. Una operación clandestina cargada de tensión en la que se juegan la vida por conseguir la libertad de los suyos.

Fecha de estreno
1988-12-11
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (14)
Duración
1 h 33 min
Géneros
Drama, Historia, Película de TV
Director
Kevin Hooks

Reparto

Curiosidades

Roots: The Gift is a 1988 American historical drama television film directed by Kevin Hooks and written by D.M. Eyre Jr. It is the third installment of the Roots miniseries. The film premiered on ABC on December 11, 1988, with AT&T as the sole national sponsor for the broadcast, and was crafted as a Christmas film. LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. reprise their respective roles of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler. The film takes place between the second and third episodes of the original Roots series. It was watched by 23.3 million viewers.

Production

Following a brief introduction by Alex Haley, the film opens with a replay of a memorable scene from the second episode of the original Roots miniseries: Following the first of many unsuccessful escape attempts, a prideful Kunta is publicly and mercilessly whipped until he agrees to assume the English name "Toby", which was selected for him by his new owner.

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