Roots: The Gift
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Roots: The Gift is a 1988 television film. 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.[1] 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.[2]
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Roots: The Gift | |
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Genre | Drama History |
Based on | Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley |
Written by | D.M. Eyre Jr. |
Directed by | Kevin Hooks |
Starring | Louis Gossett Jr. LeVar Burton Avery Brooks Kate Mulgrew Shaun Cassidy John McMartin Jerry Hardin Annabella Price Fran Bennett Tim Russ Michael Learned |
Theme music composer | Gerald Fried |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | David L. Wolper Bernard Sofronski |
Producer | Mark Wolper |
Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
Editor | Stanford C. Allen |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | David L. Wolper Productions Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11) |
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