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Roots

Your name is your shield.

6.9/ 102016Episode runtime

DramaAction & Adventure

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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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Malachi Kirby

Malachi Kirby

Kunta Kinte

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Tom Lea

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Fiddler

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Alex Haley

Babs Olusanmokun

Babs Olusanmokun

Omoro Kinte