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Roots

Roots

6.9 (179) ·2016 ·1 Season ·TV
Drama Action & Adventure

Your name is your shield.

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

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Top Cast

Malachi Kirby
Malachi Kirby
Kunta Kinte
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Tom Lea
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Fiddler
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
Alex Haley
Babs Olusanmokun
Babs Olusanmokun
Omoro Kinte

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