- HD 1080
- Runtime: 93m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Kevin Hooks
- Stars: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Jerry Hardin, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy
- keywords: holiday, freedom, slavery, racism, captive
- Production_studio: David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
- The Roots: The Gift is featured in the top rankings of 1988
- #53 in Top Drama Movies of 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.