The saga of a young African sold into slavery in America, and the efforts by him and his descendants to survive and prosper. Remake of the 1977 miniseries based on Alex Haley's novel.
Show Details:
Start date: May 2016
End date: Jun 2016
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): History (US)
Run time: 120 min
Episodes: 4 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
End date: Jun 2016
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): History (US)
Run time: 120 min
Episodes: 4 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
Credits:
- Laurence Fishburne as Alex Haley (narrator)
- Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte
- Forest Whitaker as Fiddler
- Rege-Jean Page as Chicken George
- Tip "TI" Harris as Cyrus
- Anika Noni Rose as Kizzy
- Emayatzy Corinealdi as Belle
- Mekhi Phifer as Jerusalem
- Carlacia Grant as Irene
- Donald Watkins as Virgil
- Anna Paquin as Nancy Holt
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Tom Lea
- Matthew Goode as Dr. William Waller
- James Purefoy as John Waller
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||
| 1. | 1-1 | 30 May 16 | Episode 1 | |
| 2. | 1-2 | 31 May 16 | Episode 2 | |
| 3. | 1-3 | 01 Jun 16 | Episode 3 | |
| 4. | 1-4 | 02 Jun 16 | Episode 4 | |
| Specials | ||||
| S01. | 1-0 | 17 May 16 | Roots: A New Vision: Power of Identity (3 min) | |
| S01. | 1-0 | 21 May 16 | Roots: A New Vision: Family Is Everything (3 min) | |
| S01. | 1-0 | 25 May 16 | Roots: A New Vision: Roots' Legacy (3 min) | |
| S01. | 1-0 | 03 Jun 16 | Roots: A History Revealed (63 min) | |
| S01. | 1-0 | 06 Jun 16 | Roots: A New Vision: Behind the Scenes (63 min) | |