Roots

Roots

The classic story of `Roots' is retold in this miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel. The show paints a portrait of American slavery through the journey of a family that has a will to survive through many hardships. Malachi Kirby stars as Kunta Kinte, a proud and educated young man who uses those traits to empower himself when he is captured and sold into slavery. While he is enslaved, he challenges his fellow slaves to fight for their freedom as he continues working toward achieving his dream of escaping and returning to his homeland of The Gambia. The miniseries also stars Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne as Haley; Grammy nominee Anika Noni Rose as Kunta's daughter, Kizzy, who is bought by Tom Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who rapes and impregnates her; and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as slave musician Fiddler, who mentors Kunta.

Roots People (First 49 people) - Page 0

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

American memoirist

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

American actor

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

American actress

Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow

American actor

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Canadian actor

Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose

American actress

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Emayatzy Corinealdi

American actress

Paul Shenar

Paul Shenar

American actor

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

American actor

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

British actor

Derek Luke

Derek Luke

American actor

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

American actor

Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones

American actress

Sandy Duncan

Sandy Duncan

American singer

James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Actor

Brad Davis

Brad Davis

American former professional basketball player

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

American actor

Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer

American actor

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

American film actor

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin

Canadian-New Zealand actress

Mandela Van Peebles

Mandela Van Peebles

American rapper

George Hamilton

George Hamilton

American actor

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

American actor

Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair

Actress

Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen

American actor

Tony Curran

Tony Curran

Actor

Todd Bridges

Todd Bridges

American actor

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

American actor

Lynda Day George

Lynda Day George

American television actress

O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson


Erica Tazel

Erica Tazel

American theatre actor

Roxie Roker

Roxie Roker

American actress

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Irish actor

Raymond St. Jacques

Raymond St. Jacques

American actor

Simona Brown

Simona Brown

Actress

Chad Coleman

Chad Coleman

American actor

Gary Collins

Gary Collins

American football player

John Quade

John Quade

American character actor

G Hannelius

G Hannelius

American actress

Georg Stanford Brown

Georg Stanford Brown

American actor

Robert Reed

Robert Reed

American actor

Ralph Waite

Ralph Waite

American actor

Lillian Randolph

Lillian Randolph

American actress

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

American actor

Austin Stoker

Austin Stoker

Trinidadian-American actor

Doug McClure

Doug McClure

American actor

John Schuck

John Schuck

American actor

Thayer David

Thayer David

American film actor

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