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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.
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 26.3K users. 73 User reviews. 11 Critic reviews.
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.
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. 3.51M subscribers. Subscribed. 371. 58K views 1 year ago #Roots #45thAnniversary. John Amos and Louis Gossett Jr. look back on the groundbreaking miniseries Roots...
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>
Plot. Roots tells the story of Kunta Kinte —a young man taken from The Gambia when he was 17 and sold as a slave—and seven generations of his descendants in the United States. Kunta, a Mandinka living by the River Gambia, has a difficult but free childhood in his village, Jufureh.
2016. TV-MA. IMDb RATING. 7.9 /10. 8.5K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 3,355. 109. Play trailer 2:43. 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.
Roots | Official Series Playlist | History. HISTORY. An eight-hour event series, "Roots" is a historical portrait of one family's journey through American slavery and their will to survive and...
