
On Christmas Eve of 1770, a young African warrior—captured three years earlier and sold into American slavery—heads a desperate band of runaway slaves. Braving winter cold and relentless pursuers, they push northward, seeking the promise of freedom.
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler

Tim Russ
Marcellus

LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte

Michael Learned
Amelia Parker

Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie

Fran Bennett
May

John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.

Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds

Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway

John Murray
Bishop Wadley

Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)

Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer

Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1

Lawrence Mandley
Boatman

Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick

Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man

Annabella Price
Sarah Parker

James McIntire
Jubal

Alex Haley
Self - presenter

Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)

Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.

Brandy Brown
Arabella

Maria Bryant
Lilly

John Sherrod
Driver #1

J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2

Donna Howell
Elly

Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher

Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2

Bernard Peyton
Jolly

Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)
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