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Roots

Name: Roots
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2016-05-30
Cast: Bruce Beresford, Thomas Carter, Phillip Noyce, Mario Van Peebles, Kerry Sims

4 episodes20167.9 rating

Drama · History · War

Language

Original Audio

The story

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots" chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.

Episodes

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Season 14 EP

Cast

Bruce Beresford

Director

Thomas Carter

Director

Phillip Noyce

Director

Mario Van Peebles

Director

Kerry Sims

Slave

Tevin Paul

Waller Slave

Tevin Paul

Memphis Battery Band

Tevin Paul

Freed Slave Soldier

Laurence Fishburne

Alex Haley

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Tom Lea

Country

United States

Audio

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