Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
Roots received 36 Emmy Award nominations. It went on to win nine Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings with the finale still standing as the third-highest rated U.S. television program ever. It captivated American television audiences, successfully crossing racial lines and piqueing the i...
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Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
Roots received 36 Emmy Award nominations. It went on to win nine Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings with the finale still standing as the third-highest rated U.S. television program ever. It captivated American television audiences, successfully crossing racial lines and piqueing the interest of families of all ethnic groups.
The series introduced LeVar Burton in the role of Kunta Kinte. It also starred Louis Gossett, Jr. as Fiddler. A sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, was broadcast in 1979, and a second sequel, Roots: The Gift, was produced as a Christmas movie and is widely considered inferior to the other two entries in the series, despite the fact that LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett, Jr. starred.
Roots and the novel from which the first miniseries was adapted revived interest in oral and genealogical history among...
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