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Roots
6.9
178 votes·2016
·1 Season
·TV SeriesDramaAction & Adventure
Overview
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
Keywords
based on novel or bookslaveryplantationremakeminiseries18th centuryhistorical dramakunta kinte
Cast
Malachi Kirby
Kunta Kinte
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Tom Lea
Forest Whitaker
Fiddler
Laurence Fishburne
Alex Haley
Babs Olusanmokun
Omoro Kinte
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