Roots (TV Mini-Series)

USA 2016, 371 minutes
Dir. Phillip Noyce, Mario Van Peebles, Thomas Carter, Bruce Beresford
Rating: [R16] Graphic Violence & Sexual Violence
Genres: Drama, Television / History

Topics: Period - 1700s, African-American, Indigenous & Minority Cultures.

Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Derek Luke, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anna Paquin, Mekhi Phifer, James Purefoy, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Tazel, Forest Whitaker

Synopsis: A powerful new adaptation of Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. This tragic story of resilience is told in four parts covering four successive generations of Black slaves. Boasting accurate new historical details, this adaptation provides a highly personal perspective of life as a slave.