Roots (1977)

The Saga of an American Family.

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 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.

Roots

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as Older Kunta Kinte

as Bell Reynolds

as Chicken George Moore

as Dr. William Reynolds

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Lynda Day George

Lynda Day George

as Mrs. Reynolds

as Kizzy Reynolds as Kizzy Reynolds Moore

as Capt. Thomas Davies as Thomas Davies

as John Reynolds

Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas

as John Carrington

as Missy Anne Reynolds

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

Macdonald Carey

Macdonald Carey

as Squire James

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

George Hamilton

George Hamilton

as Stephen Bennett

as Sir Eric Russell

as Rufus Jackson

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

Raymond St. Jacques

Raymond St. Jacques

as Robert Calvert

Charles Cyphers

Charles Cyphers

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 0

0x1

The phenomenon of roots
0x2

Crossing over: how roots captivated an entire nation
0x3

Roots: one year later
0x4

Remembering roots
0x5

The struggle to make roots
0x6

30th anniversary
0x7

Cast interviews
0x8

The gift

Episodes season 1

1x1

Part i
1x2

Part ii
1x3

Part iii
1x4

Part iv
1x5

Part v
1x6

Part vi
1x7

Part vii
1x8

Part viii

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