Roots 2016
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- 1 season
- 4 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
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An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Malachi KirbyKunta Kinte
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersTom Lea
- Forest WhitakerFiddler
- Laurence FishburneAlex Haley
- Babs OlusanmokunOmoro Kinte
Crew
- Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
- Ann KindbergProducer
- Alissa M. KantrowProducer
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Seasons
- Season 14 eps · 2016
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