LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte / Toby
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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 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: With Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Lynda Day George. A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
1 1. 16 Videos. 99+ Photos. Drama War. An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America. Stars. Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Malachi Kirby. Forest Whitaker. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. Added by 26.2K users. 73 User reviews. 11 Critic reviews.
The four-night, eight-hour event series developed by HISTORY, from A+E Studios, is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family and their will to survive and ...
Jun 16, 2022 · Warner Bros. Entertainment. 3.48M subscribers. Subscribed. 356. 55K views 1 year ago #Roots #45thAnniversary. John Amos and Louis Gossett Jr. look back on the groundbreaking miniseries Roots...
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.
Roots: The Complete Miniseries. Season 1. His name was Kunta Kinte. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, whispering his name Kunta Kinte. 1,873 IMDb 8.4 1977 6 episodes. X-Ray 18+. Historical · Drama · Military and War. Available to buy. Buy Episode 1.
