Roots
TV Show| Title | Roots |
| User score | 7.4 |
| Release date | Jan 23, 1977 |
| Release date of last episode | Jan 30, 1977 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Alex Haley |
| Production country | US |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 8 |
| Run time | 90, 45 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodes
S1.E8 ∙ Part VIII
Jan 30, 1977
S1.E7 ∙ Part VII
Jan 29, 1977
S1.E6 ∙ Part VI
Jan 28, 1977
S1.E5 ∙ Part V
Jan 27, 1977
S1.E4 ∙ Part IV
Jan 26, 1977
S1.E3 ∙ Part III
Jan 25, 1977
S1.E2 ∙ Part II
Jan 24, 1977
S1.E1 ∙ Part I
Jan 23, 1977
S0.E8 ∙ The Gift
Dec 11, 1988
S0.E7 ∙ Cast Interviews
S0.E6 ∙ 30th anniversary
May 22, 2007
S0.E5 ∙ The Struggle to Make Roots
S0.E4 ∙ Remembering Roots
May 22, 2007
S0.E3 ∙ Roots: One Year Later
S0.E2 ∙ Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation
May 22, 2007
S0.E1 ∙ The Phenomenon of Roots
Videos
Trailer
Sep 25, 2010
45th Anniversary
Jun 16, 2022
Actors
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John Amos
Older Kunta Kinte
Madge Sinclair
Bell Reynolds
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Olivia Cole
Mathilda
Ben Vereen
Chicken George Moore
Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Lynda Day George
Mrs. Reynolds
Chuck Connors
Tom Moore
Leslie Uggams
Kizzy Reynolds Moore, Kizzy Reynolds
Lorne Greene
John Reynolds
Ralph Waite
Slater
