Roots: The Gift
Trailer: Roots: The Gift
Year: 1988
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Studio: David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy, John McMartin
Crew: Kevin Hooks (Director), Bernard Sofronski (Executive Producer), David L. Wolper (Executive Producer), Mark Wolper (Producer), Gerald Fried (Original Music Composer), Stanford C. Allen (Editor)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Release: Dec 11, 1988
IMDb: 6.80/10 by 12 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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