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Roots

  • 1977-2016
  • 1 Season
  • ABC
  • Documentary, Drama
  • TV14
  • Watchlist

The landmark dramatization of Alex Haley's classic saga followed his ancestors from Africa into slavery and then to their freedom in the post-Civil War South. Americans watched in record numbers as the epic aired on eight consecutive nights and went on to receive an unprecedented 37 Emmy nominations (winning for nine, including Outstanding Limited Series). Haley wrote in TV Guide: ' 'Roots' speaks of the American human drama, in which ancestrally we all came from somewhere across the ocean.'

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Awards

  • 1980 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1978 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1978 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - winner
  • 1977 - Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) - nominated

Cast & Crew See All

LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Lloyd Bridges
Evan Brent
John Amos
Kunta Kinte (as an adult)

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Roots: Empowerment Trailer
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Roots: Can't Make No Plans
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Roots: Toby
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Roots: Bless Us This Earth
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Roots: Factoids: Union Army
0:15
Roots: I'll Kill You
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