Series · 2016
Roots
1 seasonTV-MAHistory
- Drama
- Action & Adventure
Your name is your shield.
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes
- Season 14 episodes · 2016
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Cast
Malachi KirbyKunta Kinte
Jonathan Rhys MeyersTom Lea
Forest WhitakerFiddler
Laurence FishburneAlex Haley
Babs OlusanmokunOmoro Kinte
Details
- Music
- Alex Heffes
- Producer
- Ann Kindberg, Alissa M. Kantrow
- First aired
- May 30, 2016
- Last aired
- June 2, 2016
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- History
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 181 votes
Where to watch
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