Directed by Kevin Hooks Written by David Eyre   Cast Louis Gossett Jr. ... Fiddler Reynolds LeVar Burton ... Kunta Kinte Avery Brooks ... Cletus Moyer Kate Mulgrew ... Hattie Carraway Shaun Cassidy ... Edmund Parker Jr. John McMartin ... Edmund Parker Sr. Jerry Hardin ... Dr. William Reynolds Annabella Price ... Sarah Parker Michael Learned ... Amelia Parker Fran Bennett ... Mammy May Tim Russ ... Marcellus Jimmie F. Skaggs ... Scarvie Brandy Brown ... Arabella Parker Ernest Harden Jr. ... Nicholas Maria Bryant ... Lilly (as Maria Bryant Ellis) James McIntire ... Jubal Lawrence A. Mandley ... Boatman John Sherrod ... Driver #1 Karl Anthony Smith ... Gaunt Man J. Christopher Sullivan ... Driver #2 Donna Howell ... Elly Billy Ray Reynolds ... Christopher Michael Edwards ... Gentleman #1 Myke R. Mueller ... Gentleman #2 (as Myke Mueller) John Murray ... Bishop Wadley (as John Murrey) Alex Haley ... Self - presenter Uncredited Cast Tina Andrews ... Aurelia (archive footage) Robert Goldman ... Horseman Debra Perry ... Slave Girl Produced by Bernard Sofronski   David L. Wolper   Mark Wolper   Original Music by Gerald Fried

Additional Info Premiere: December 11, 1988 DVD Release: October 09, 2007 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies David L. Wolper Productions Warner Bros. Television Distributors American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1988) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #9,807 / 20,869 Site Ranking #9,803 Pussy Kills (2017) #9,804 Zoombies 2 (2019) #9,805 Fear House (2008) #9,806 DC Super Hero Girls: Legends Of Atlantis (2018) #9,807 Roots: The Gift (1988) #9,808 Night At The Eagle Inn (2021) #9,809 Blooded (2011) #9,810 Piranha Sharks (2017) #9,811 Die-ner (Get It?) (2009)