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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as Kunta Kinte
AliveBorn: February 16, 1957
Age: 69
Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
as Fiddler
DeceasedBorn: May 27, 1936
Died: March 29, 2024
Age at death: 87
as Cletus Moyer
AliveBorn: October 2, 1948
Age: 77
Evansville, Indiana, USA
as Hattie Carraway
AliveBorn: April 29, 1955
Age: 71
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
as Edmund Parker, Jr.
AliveBorn: September 27, 1958
Age: 67
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Edmund Parker, Sr.
DeceasedBorn: August 21, 1929
Died: July 6, 2016
Age at death: 86
as William Reynolds
AliveBorn: November 20, 1929
Age: 96
Dallas, Texas, USA
as Sarah Parker
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Amelia Parker
AliveBorn: April 9, 1939
Age: 87
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
as May
DeceasedBorn: August 14, 1937
Died: September 12, 2021
Age at death: 84
as Marcellus
AliveBorn: June 22, 1956
Age: 70
Washington, D.C., USA
as Scarvie
DeceasedBorn: December 20, 1944
Died: July 6, 2004
Age at death: 59
as Arabella
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Nick
AliveBorn: November 25, 1952
Age: 73
Detroit, Michigan, USA
as Lilly
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as Jubal
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Boatman
AliveBorn: May 10, 1961
Age: 65
Springfield, Illinois, USA
as Driver #1
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Gaunt Man
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as Driver #2
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Elly
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Christopher
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Gentleman #1
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Gentleman #2
DeceasedBorn: February 5, 1955
Died: August 14, 1991
Age at death: 36
as Bishop Wadley
AliveBorn: June 22, 1958
Age: 68
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
as Self - presenter
DeceasedBorn: August 11, 1921
Died: February 10, 1992
Age at death: 70
as Jolly
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
AliveBorn: April 23, 1951
Age: 75
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Horseman (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
AliveBorn: December 28, 1967
Age: 58
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA