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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Great reboot of a great classic
Back in 1977 alex haley and the cast changed the face of television and the world by introducing the miniseries roots featuring great acting and great storytelling, now it's been rebooted and it's great once again, it's a story about slavery and true honesty, Laurence fishbourne, forest whitaker and the rest of them including newcomer Malachi Kirby are all standouts in this one, brilliant characterization, brilliant teleplay and everything else was magnificent, you know television these days have become terrible that we need a reboot of a classic and this is a classic right, this reboot of roots is definitely the years best TV and perhaps the year's most controversial and I Give it my highest rating A+
- afijamesy2k
- May 29, 2016
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