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Roots

TV-14

Release Date: Jan 23, 1977

A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.

Note: TV Movie

Director & Top Cast

LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte

Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds

John Amos
Older Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler

Lynda Day George
Mrs. Reynolds

Olivia Cole
Mathilda

Madge Sinclair

Bell Reynolds

Ben Vereen

Chicken George Moore

Leslie Uggams

Kizzy Reynolds

Lloyd Bridges

Evan Brent

Chuck Connors

Tom Moore

Georg Stanford Brown

Tom Harvey

Lorne Greene

John Reynolds

Ralph Waite

Slater

Sandy Duncan

Missy Anne Reynolds

Brad Davis

Old George

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Noah

Edward Asner

Capt. Thomas Davies

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Alex Haley 's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation. A saga of African-American life, based on Alex Haley's family history. Kunta Kinte is abducted from his African village, sold into slavery, and taken to America. He makes several escape attempts until he is finally caught and maimed. He marries Bell, his plantation's cook, and they have a daughter, Kizzy, who is eventually sold away from them. Kizzy has a son by her new master, and the boy grows up to become Chicken George. He's a legendary cock fighter who leads his family into freedom. Throughout the series, the family observes notable events in U.S. history, such as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, slave uprisings, and emancipation. — Eric Sorensen In 1765 Kunta Kinte, a 15 year old boy, is captured by slavers near his village in Gambia. He is transported to America and sold at auction to a landowner in Virginia. Thus begins the generations-spanning tale of Kunta Kinte and his descendants. — grantss

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