TV SeriesEnded
Roots
The Saga of an American Family.
1977 7.4(256) 2 seasons en
Cast
John Amos
Older Kunta Kinte
Olivia Cole
Mathilda Moore
Ben Vereen
Chicken Joe Moore
Madge Sinclair
Belle Reynolds
Episodes
2 seasons available
E1The Phenomenon of Roots
47mAuthor of "Roots" Alex Haley goes on a voyage to his ancestral home village in Africa and to the grave site of his relative Kunta Kinte in Virginia with LeVar Burton who portrayed Kinte in "Roots". Narrated by Louis Gossett, Jr.
E2Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation
May 22, 2007An examination of "Roots" impact on society in the 1970's from a modern perspective.
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Roots: One Year Later
Hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.
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Remembering Roots
May 22, 200725th-anniversary 3 DVD edition bonus. New interviews with key cast members.
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The Struggle to Make Roots
E630th anniversary
May 22, 2007 27m'The American Story Continues' is a new interview series with celebrities discussing how important the original series 'ROOTS' was and continues to be in this day and age. Whoopi Goldberg, James Earl Jones, Blair Underwood, and more make an appearance
E7Cast Interviews
28m'The Cast Looks Back' is a new bonus video that features interviews with most of the cast of the original miniseries. They talk about making the series and how it has transformed their lives.
E8The Gift
Dec 11, 1988 1h 29mThe characters of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler from Roots are back in this movie. In this movie the two of them accompany their owner to another plantation at Christmas time and they learn that the son of the owner helps slaves escape. And the two of them try to help him and also see this as an opportunity to escape themselves.
