11 December 1988 Drama, History, TV Movie 93 mins
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.
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LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler
Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy as Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin as Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin as William Reynolds
Annabella Price as Sarah Parker
Michael Learned as Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett as May
Tim Russ as Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs as Scarvie
Brandy Brown as Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr. as Nick
Maria Bryant as Lilly
James McIntire as Jubal
Kevin Hooks Director
Bernard Sofronski Executive Producer
David L. Wolper Executive Producer
Mark Wolper Producer
Gerald Fried Original Music Composer
Stanford C. Allen Editor
John A. Alonzo Director of Photography
David Eyre Writer
Bill Carroll Unit Production Manager
United States 11 December 1988
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