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.
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 ...
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.
Jun 16, 2016. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. A sneak peek at the miniseries starring Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker and Anna Paquin.
Play all. An eight-hour event series, "Roots" is a historical portrait of one family's journey through American slavery and their will to survive and preserve their le...
January 23, 1977. Genres. Drama, TV Miniseries, TV Movie. Videos. Gallery. TM & © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved. <p>His name was Kunta Kinte. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby.</p>
Jun 1, 2016 · As a teenager, Kizzy (Anika Noni Rose) forges papers that help a young slave escape. Her conspiracy is discovered; Kizzy is sold to a poor, white farmer, Tom Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers.) Learn More.
Jan 23, 1977 · Roots - Apple TV. Available on Tubi TV, iTunes. From Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning book comes the stirring, sweeping saga of his unforgettable family and its struggle over many generations to survive slavery and regain freedom--Roots. Drama 1977. Starring LeVar Burton, Ed Asner, Georg Stanford Brown. Episodes. EPISODE 1. Episode 1.
