[PAR] [TLE] Roots: The Gift [SEP] Roots: The Gift is a 1988 television film.  It is the third installment of the "Roots" series, which traces the maternal family history of African American author Alex Haley, starting with his fourth great-grandfather Kunta Kinte.  The film premiered on ABC on 11 December 1988, with AT&T as the sole national sponsor for the broadcast.  LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. reprise their respective roles of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler.  The film takes place between the second and third episodes of the original "Roots" miniseries. [PAR] [TLE] Kunta Kinte [SEP] Kunta Kinte ( 1750 – 1822; ) is a character in the novel "" by American author Alex Haley.  Haley claimed that Kunta Kinte was based on one of his ancestors: a Gambian man who was born in 1750, enslaved and taken to America and who died in 1822.  Haley said that his account of Kunta's life in "Roots" was a mixture of fact and fiction.  The extent to which Kunta Kinte is based on fact is disputed.
[PAR] [TLE] Roots : The Gift [ SEP ] Roots : The Gift is a 1988 television film . It is the third installment of the " Roots " series , which traces the maternal family history of African American author Alex Haley , starting with his fourth great - grandfather Kunta Kinte . The film premiered on ABC on 11 December 1988 , with AT&T as the sole national sponsor for the broadcast . LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. reprise their respective roles of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler . The film takes place between the second and third episodes of the original " Roots " miniseries . [PAR] [TLE] Kunta Kinte [ SEP ] Kunta Kinte ( 1750 – 1822 ; ) is a character in the novel " " by American author Alex Haley . Haley claimed that Kunta Kinte was based on one of his ancestors : a Gambian man who was born in 1750 , enslaved and taken to America and who died in 1822 . Haley said that his account of Kunta 's life in " Roots " was a mixture of fact and fiction . The extent to which Kunta Kinte is based on fact is disputed .
Roots: The Gift is a 1988 television film, it is the third installment of the "Roots" series, which traces the maternal family history of an African American author, starting with his fourth great-grandfather Kunta Kinte, a character in the novel Roots by which African American author?
Roots : The Gift is a 1988 television film , it is the third installment of the " Roots " series , which traces the maternal family history of an African American author , starting with his fourth great - grandfather Kunta Kinte , a character in the novel Roots by which African American author ?
Alex Haley
Alex Haley