Roots
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First episode date | May 30, 2016 |
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Networks | History |
Narrated by | Ike Amadi |
Main characters | Kunta Kinte |
Dr. William Waller | |
Fiddler | |
Belle | |
Directors | Bruce Beresford |
Thomas Carter | |
Phillip Noyce | |
Mario Van Peebles | |
Jan 29, 1977 | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 649631 |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition - Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
TV Land Anniversary Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Sound Editing - Series
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Comedy Or Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing - Drama Series
TV Land "Miniseries You Didn't Miss a Moment Of" Award
Peabody Award
About 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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Angela Rayner: I'm relaxed about the rich. if they pay tax
Labour's deputy Leader Angela Rayner has admitted she is relaxed about people becoming " Filthy Rich . . as long as they pay their taxes".
She Said Labour wants people to " create wealth" echoing famous remarks made by The Party 's former spin doctor, Peter Mandelson .
Speaking to The Bbc 's Political Thinking podcast, Ms Rayner was asked about her views on wealth and class.
Asked if Labour believed in aspiration, She Said : " Absolutely, 100%. "
Her comments represent a shift away from the language used by Labour MPs and shadow ministers under The Leadership of Jeremy Corbyn .
Launching Labour's campaign ahead of The General election in 2019, Mr Corbyn promised to " pull down a corrupt system" and make the UK's wealthy elite pay their way with new taxes.
In one tweet, the left-wing Leader Said " there would be no billionaires and No One would live in poverty" in a fair society.
But speaking to The Bbc 's Nick Robinson , Ms Rayner - who rose to Labour's front bench when Mr Corbyn was Leader - struck a more pragmatic tone.
She was asked if she agreed with Lord Mandelson who, in 1998, Said of New Labour: " We Are intensely relaxed about people getting Filthy Rich as long as they pay their taxes. "
" If that means that they're going to be Filthy Rich as he [Lord Mandelson] says, I wouldn't use that term, but people are going to have great wealth, " Ms Rayner Said . " It's about sharing that wealth and understanding where that wealth comes from. "
Ms Rayner Said she would not be attacking new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for being Rich . Mr Sunak - whose wife, Akshata Murty, is The Daughter of an Indian billionaire - is thought to be one of the richest MPs in Parliament.
Being Rich was not a problem for a Prime Minister , Ms Rayner Said . But, she added, how he and His Family had used that wealth was.
Ms Murty came under the spotlight earlier this year when her non-domiciled status was revealed, meaning she did not have to pay any tax on her earnings from outside the UK. She later agreed to pay UK taxes on her worldwide income.
" Don't preach to us if you're not paying your taxes and not doing The Right thing, " Ms Rayner Said .
Putting the PM's wealth aside, Ms Rayner Said Mr Sunak becoming The First Prime Minister of Asian heritage was a " historic moment" for the UK.
She Said " it wasn't The Time and place" for a tweet shared by Labour MP Nadia Whittome , saying Mr Sunak becoming Prime Minister " isn't a win for Asian representation".
" Sometimes it's nice to stop and look at something for what it is and say this is a good thing, " Ms Rayner Said .
The Labour deputy Leader - who has made a political point of her working-class Roots - Said her background has also often been brought up in a negative way.
She Said : " I get so much abuse from people, saying pregnant at 16, no qualifications. She must be thick.
" Well, I'm clearly not thick because I wouldn't be where I Am . I'm one of The Most successful politicians of My Generation , you know, my ability and my achievements have been, by any measure, have been as good as anybody else, whether privately educated or not, PhD or not.
" So I'm not stupid. I think the more people can see talent not just in terms of you've got this academic qualification, the better it is. "
Source of news: bbc.com