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Episode Guide
- 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: 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.
- (18K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- TV-14
- 1977-01-23
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.
- 8 (re-edited to 6 for video)
- David L. Wolper
- January 23 –, January 30, 1977
- ABC
January 22, 1977. 1 h 36 min. 18+. In Gambia, West Africa, Kunta Kinte, son of Omoro and Binta, distinguishes himself in manhood training rituals. But he does not enjoy his new status long: slave traders sweeping the countryside seize him. Chained with other captives, Kunta begins an agonized odyssey to the New World.
- 96 min
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E185.97.H24 A33. Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America; it follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley.
- Alex Haley
- 704 pp (First edition, hardback)
- 1976
- August 17, 1976
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.
Roots, a novel by Alex Haley, was published in 1976. It portrays the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States, and follows his life and the lives of his alleged descendants in the U.S. down to Haley. The release of the novel, combined with its hugely popular ...
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 ...
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