Cast & crew
Roots: The Gift (1988)
Directed by Kevin Hooks Written by David Eyre
Cast
| Myke R. Mueller | Preso 2 |
| Kate Mulgrew | Hattie |
| John Sherrod | Freeway Driver |
| Robert Goldman | (uncredited) |
| LeVar Burton | Kunta |
| Tina Andrews | Aurelia |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | Fiddler |
| Karl Anthony Smith | Gaunt |
| Michael Edwards | Diretor-1 |
| John McMartin | Sr. Berenguer |
| John Murray | Bishop |
| Jimmie F. Skaggs | Scarvie |
| Tim Russ | Marcellus |
| Ernest Harden Jr. | Nick Rutgers |
| Brandy Brown | Arabella Figg |
| Alex Haley | Self |
| Debra Perry | (uncredited) |
| Donna Howell | Fuji Elly |
| J. Christopher Sullivan | Freeway Driver |
| Shaun Cassidy | Jennifer Parker |
| Annabella Price | Sarah |
| Jerry Hardin | Wärter Reynolds |
| Michael Learned | Amelia |
| Avery Brooks | Moyer |
| Fran Bennett | May |
| Billy Ray Reynolds | Christopher |
| Lawrence Mandley | Boatman |
| James McIntire | Jubal |
| Maria Bryant | Lilly |
| Bernard Peyton | Jolly |
| Shaun Cassidy | Edmund Parker, Jr. |
| LeVar Burton | Kunta Kinte |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | Fiddler |
| Kate Mulgrew | Hattie Carraway |
| John McMartin | Edmund Parker, Sr. |
| Jerry Hardin | William Reynolds |
| Avery Brooks | Cletus Moyer |
| Bernard Peyton | Jolly |
| Tina Andrews | Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Robert Goldman | Horseman (uncredited) |
| Debra Perry | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Alex Haley | Self - Presenter |
| Annabella Price | Sarah Parker |
| Fran Bennett | May |
| Jimmie F. Skaggs | Scarvie |
| Brandy Brown | Arabella |
| Maria Bryant | Lilly |
| James McIntire | Jubal |
| Michael Learned | Amelia Parker |
| Tim Russ | Marcellus |
| Ernest Harden Jr. | Nick |
| Lawrence Mandley | Boatman |
| John Sherrod | Driver #1 |
| Karl Anthony Smith | Gaunt Man |
| Donna Howell | Elly |
| Billy Ray Reynolds | Christopher |
| Michael Edwards | Gentleman #1 |
| J. Christopher Sullivan | Driver #2 |
| Myke R. Mueller | Gentleman #2 |
| John Murray | Bishop Wadley |
Crew
| Gerald Fried | Original Music Composer |
| Bill Carroll | Unit Production Manager |
| John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Bernard Sofronski | Executive Producer |
| David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
| Kevin Hooks | Director |
| Mark Wolper | Producer |
| Stanford C. Allen | Editor |
| David Eyre | Writer |
| Gerald Fried | Original Music Composer |
| John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Bernard Sofronski | Executive Producer |
| David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
| Mark Wolper | Producer |
| Kevin Hooks | Director |
| Stanford C. Allen | Editor |
| David Eyre | Writer |
| Bill Carroll | Unit Production Manager |