Roots
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.
Genre: Drama
Actor: Hugh Laurie , Helen McCrory , Pippa BennettWarner , Olivia Vinall , Iain De Caestecker , Sidse Babett Knudsen , Shalom BruneFranklin , Jennifer Hennessy , Anna Francolini , Emma Cunniffe , Danny Ashok , Millie Brady , Tony Pitts , Sean Bean , Kevin McKidd , Ray Stevenson , Ciarn Hinds , James Purefoy , Polly Walker , Tobias Menzies , Lindsay Duncan , Nicholas Woodeson , Kerry Condon , David Bamber , Max Pirkis , Chiara Mastalli , Lee Boardman , Ian McNeice , Simon Woods , Ben Vereen , LeVar Burton , Olivia Cole
Director: , Marvin J Chomsky , David Greene , John Erman , Gilbert Moses
Writer: Alex Kazamia ,
Release: 1977-01-23
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Quality: HD
Rating: 0
7.6
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