Roots

Roots

2016
★★★☆☆ 6.9/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 90 min/episode
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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Seasons

Season 1
2016 • 4 Episodes
In the river region of The Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, give birth to a son, Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After arriving in Maryland, Virginia planter John Waller purchases Kunta.

Crew

Producer
Will Packer, Ann Kindberg, Mark Wolper

Network

History

Production

A+E Studios, Will Packer Productions, Wolper Organization

Keywords

based on novel or bookslaveryplantationremakeminiseries18th centuryhistorical dramakunta kinte