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The cast of the miniseries included LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, Leslie Uggams as Kizzy, and Ben Vereen as Chicken George. A fourteen-hour sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, aired in 1979, featuring the leading black actors of the day. In December 1988, ABC aired a two-hour made-for-TV movie: Roots: The Gift.
When Ben Vereen first heard about a project called Roots, he knew he wanted to be a part of it. His agent had other ideas. Watch as Ben shares how the role o...
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Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights. A critical and ratings success over the course of its run, Roots received 37 Primetime ...
Ben Vereen. Benjamin Augustus Vereen (born Benjamin Augustus Middleton; October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer and singer. Vereen gained prominence for his performances in the original Broadway productions of the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, and Pippin, for which he won the 1973 Tony ...
May 26, 2016 · Tom, Then: Georg Stanford Brown. Georg Stanford Brown played Tom—Chicken George and Matilda’s son—in the original miniseries. For several seasons, Brown co-starred on The Rookies, a TV crime ...
Jan 19, 2012 · LeVar Burton, Now. After Roots, Burton went on to have a successful career in television. He's best known for his role as Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the ...
June 2, 2016. ( 2016-06-02) Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an African man who is shipped to North America as a slave and his descendants.
