Roots

Roots

Drama • NR • 1977 • 1 Season

7.3

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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.

Starring

Robert Reed, Olivia Cole, Ben Vereen, Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams

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Drama Documentary

Release Date

January 23, 1977

User Reviews

Essential watch for most African Americans.

A hard hitting drama of America's dirty past.

An incredibly harrowing series that chronicles the life of an enslaved man from origins of enslavement to emancipation. A must watch.

Revolutionary, important, and extremely well-made. Especially for basic cable in the 70s— projects of this caliber was unheard in TV then.

This is definitely a pretty good series but it is pretty sad scenes on here

It can be dated at times (mostly with the score) the final episode drags a bit but otherwise I really liked it.

Based on Alex Haleys fabricated version of history. The movie was well produced, but it was based on a bunch of damn lies.

I get why it's iconic and there are some excellent performances. It's just not that engaging.

I will never forget the story of Kunta Kinte and how I felt every emotion as he did.

One of the most compelling tv shows ever created. Very hard to watch at times but still worth to view.

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7.3 – Based on 198 ratings

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