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- 1. S1 E1 Jan 23, 1977
- Kunta Kinte is kidnapped on the way back from his ritual manhood training.
- 2. Part II Jan 24, 1977
- Kunta is put up for auction; he goes to the Reynolds plantation, where he is befriended.
- 3. Part III Jan 25, 1977
- In 1776, still driven by his memories as a Mandinka warrior, Kunta, now renamed Toby, escapes.
Roots: The Next Generations. 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.
Roots is a historical drama based on Alex Haley's novel and his family history. It follows the life of Kunta Kinte, a captured African who becomes a slave in America and his descendants' struggle for freedom.
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- 1977-01-23
- Biography, Drama, History
- 74
Roots: With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne. An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
- (8.5K)
- 2016-05-30
- Drama, War
- 3 min
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.
Watch the eight-hour event series based on Alex Haley's novel, starring Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne and Anna Paquin. Roots follows the journey of one family from Africa to America and their fight for freedom and legacy.
- Malachi Kirby
A story of perseverance, one generation at a time. The entire Roots mini-series is now streaming on Hulu: hulu.tv/ROOTSLearn more about Hulu at http://www.hu...
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- Hulu
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Watch the epic drama based on Alex Haley's novel about the life of Kunta Kinte, a slave who fought for his freedom and dignity. Own it on digital or disc, or stream it on Warner Bros. TV.