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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Roots: The Gift was released in 1988 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving Roots: The Gift (1988) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Roots: The Gift a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 72%, Roots: The Gift is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1988 with similar scores include films like Hairspray and Running on Empty.
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