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.
演员阵容
- 勒瓦·伯顿 — Kunta Kinte
- 小路易斯·格赛特 — Fiddler
- 艾弗里·布鲁克斯 — Cletus Moyer
- 凯特·穆格罗夫 — Hattie Carraway
- Shaun Cassidy — Edmund Parker, Jr.
- John McMartin — Edmund Parker, Sr.
- Jerry Hardin — William Reynolds
- Annabella Price — Sarah Parker
- 米歇尔·伦奈德 — Amelia Parker
- Fran Bennett — May
- 蒂姆·羅斯 — Marcellus
- Jimmie F. Skaggs — Scarvie
趣闻
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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