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Roots

Your name is your shield.

  • TV series
  • 2016
  • NR
  • 1 season
  • 4 episodes
6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 181 votes

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Overview

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

Roughly 6h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 4 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 90 minutes.

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Trailer

Play trailer: Roots: The Journey Begins with a Name | History

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Series cast and crew

  • Malachi Kirby

    Malachi KirbyKunta Kinte
    4 episodes

  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    Jonathan Rhys MeyersTom Lea
    4 episodes

  • Forest Whitaker

    Forest WhitakerFiddler
    4 episodes

  • Laurence Fishburne

    Laurence FishburneAlex Haley
    4 episodes

  • Babs Olusanmokun

    Babs OlusanmokunOmoro Kinte
    4 episodes

  • Matthew Goode

    Matthew GoodeWilliam Waller
    2 episodes

  • James Purefoy

    James PurefoyJohn Waller
    2 episodes

  • Emayatzy Corinealdi

    Emayatzy CorinealdiBelle
    2 episodes

  • Anika Noni Rose

    Anika Noni RoseKizzy
    2 episodes

  • Roman L. ArmstrongKunta Kinte
    2 episodes

  • Derek Luke

    Derek LukeSilla Ba Dibba
    2 episodes

  • Chris Obi

    Chris ObiKintango
    2 episodes

  • Tony Curran

    Tony CurranConnelly
    2 episodes

  • Katie McGuinness

    Katie McGuinnessElizabeth Waller
    2 episodes

  • Shannon Lucio

    Shannon LucioPatricia Lea
    2 episodes

  • Erica Tazel

    Erica TazelMatilda
    2 episodes

  • David Shiflett

    David ShiflettChicken Fight Gambler
    2 episodes

  • Regé-Jean Page

    Regé-Jean PageChicken George
    2 episodes

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