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Roots (1977)
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation. (source: imdb.com)
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Roots Cast
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Mathilda -
Kunta Kinte -
'Chicken' George Moore -
Fiddler -
Ames -
Capt. Thomas Davies -
Slater -
Dr. William Reynolds -
Mrs. Reynolds -
Toby -
Bell Reynolds -
Kizzy Reynolds -
Mrs. Moore -
Evan Brent -
Tom Harvey -
Ol' George Johnson -
Lewis -
Irene Harvey -
Missy Anne Reynolds -
Tom Moore -
Young missy reynolds -
Kintango -
Omoro -
John Reynolds -
Harlan -
Mingo -
Stephen Bennett -
Sister Sara -
Sam Bennett -
Nyo Boto -
Sam Harvey -
Sheriff Biggs -
Jemmy Brent -
Binta -
Slave catcher -
Kailuba
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23 January 1977
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USA
Filming Locations
Administration Building, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA
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Roots is a television miniseries in the USA based on Alex Haley's novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which first aired in 1977. Roots received 36 Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It won also a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which still holds a record as the third-highest-rated US television program ever. It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million.
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