Roots
The classic story of `Roots' is retold in this miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel. The show paints a portrait of American slavery through the journey of a family that has a will to survive through many hardships. Malachi Kirby stars as Kunta Kinte, a proud and educated young man who uses those traits to empower himself when he is captured and sold into slavery. While he is enslaved, he challenges his fellow slaves to fight for their freedom as he continues working toward achieving his dream of escaping and returning to his homeland of The Gambia. The miniseries also stars Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne as Haley; Grammy nominee Anika Noni Rose as Kunta's daughter, Kizzy, who is bought by Tom Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who rapes and impregnates her; and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as slave musician Fiddler, who mentors Kunta.
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Maya Angelou
American memoirist
Scatman Crothers
American actor
Cicely Tyson
American actress
Vic Morrow
American actor
Lorne Greene
Canadian actor
Anika Noni Rose
American actress
Emayatzy Corinealdi
American actress
Paul Shenar
American actor
Chuck Connors
American actor
Matthew Goode
British actor
Derek Luke
American actor
Ed Asner
American actor
Carolyn Jones
American actress
Sandy Duncan
American singer
James Purefoy
Actor
Brad Davis
American former professional basketball player
LeVar Burton
American actor
Mekhi Phifer
American actor
Lloyd Bridges
American film actor
Anna Paquin
Canadian-New Zealand actress
Mandela Van Peebles
American rapper
George Hamilton
American actor
Louis Gossett Jr.
American actor
Madge Sinclair
Actress
Ben Vereen
American actor
Tony Curran
Actor
Todd Bridges
American actor
Richard Roundtree
American actor
Lynda Day George
American television actress
O. J. Simpson
Erica Tazel
American theatre actor
Roxie Roker
American actress
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
Raymond St. Jacques
American actor
Simona Brown
Actress
Chad Coleman
American actor
Gary Collins
American football player
John Quade
American character actor
G Hannelius
American actress
Georg Stanford Brown
American actor
Robert Reed
American actor
Ralph Waite
American actor
Lillian Randolph
American actress
Moses Gunn
American actor
Austin Stoker
Trinidadian-American actor
Doug McClure
American actor
John Schuck
American actor
