An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots" chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots" chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots" chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
- Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
- 5 wins & 52 nominations total
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- TriviaLeVar Burton: as the slave Ephraim, who is being transported in the caged wagon from the Waller plantation. He stars at Kunta Kinte. Burton played Kunta Kinte in both Roots (1977) and Roots: The Gift (1988).
- GoofsWhen Kunta Kinte is on the ship heading for America in 1767, the flag used has the red diagonals in the Union Jack. These we not added until the Act of Union with Ireland in 1801.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016)
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Anyone that does not care for remakes will automatically give this a thumbs down, but I can guarantee you, they went into this remake for the wrong reasons with the wrong ideas. This remake was meant to touch on subjects that could not be told or shown in the original because of those times, and I do believe they did a tremendous job. Every actor in this series told each story quite well, and I most certainly loved how they encouraged you to take these DNA tests during advertisement to find out who you are. There are so many "not another slave movie" fanatics now, that if they had watched this movie, I believe they would be very ashamed that they would have said it. The movie/story was not made to get you angry as tough as it was to watch, but it was meant to inspire, to teach us not to complain, and to be better. Our ancestors had a very tough time, but through it all still managed to love one another and stick together, even when they had to be separated, but here we are "not wanting to be reminded". A+ for the production. The screenplay was on point, and I will be adding the movie to my collection, and encourage younger people not to be ashamed and always find strength from any situation you face
- the_remixer08
- Jun 1, 2016
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