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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Why Ireland is so important to Joe Biden
By Sarah SmithNorth America editor
There is almost nothing That the polarised politicians in Washington can agree on These Days . Bipartisan co-operation is extremely hard to find.
But there is one issue on which just about everyone sees eye to eye. And That is the value of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA), which ended 30 years of deadly violence in Northern Ireland .
The agreement itself is seen as a shining example of what can be achieved by determined diplomacy and careful negotiation.
American politicians are rightly proud of The Role the US played in securing The Peace . The tireless work of Senator George Mitchell as well as the intense engagement of President Bill Clinton were essential.
President Biden sees the agreement as part of his own political legacy and can claim credit for encouraging US involvement in The Peace process through the 1980s and 90s.
Defending the GFA, and the relative peace it ensures, has been a high priority for the Biden administration. There are deep concerns about how Brexit may affect the agreement.
This presidential visit would not be taking place if the Windsor Framework had not been secured to resolve the issues over trade between Great Britain , Northern Ireland and The Republic . The Future of any free trade deal between the UK and US also hangs on the continued maintenance of the GFA.
In Belfast, President Biden Will Talk about how the US can help to support " Northern Ireland 's vast economic potential".
In Dublin, he is expected to address the Irish parliament and stress the close co-operation between the Two Nations . And he will make more personal visits to County Louth and County Mayo to revisit His Family Roots .
There is a long tradition of US presidents enjoying trips to Ireland More Than they do many other official engagements.
Bill Clinton was greeted by ecstatic crowds in 1995 when he became The First American president to visit Northern Ireland as well as The Republic . The New York Times said the " Irish gave Bill Clinton The Best Two Days of his presidency".
Sixty years ago, John F Kennedy described his Irish trip in 1963 as The Best four days of his life.
Since then, presidents Nixon, Reagan, George W Bush, Obama and Trump have all made trips to the Emerald Isle . All to The Great envy of many other European countries who do not get nearly so much attention.
The 'most Irish' US president in historyJoe Biden is inordinately proud of his personal Irish heritage. He mentions it at every opportunity. Just after he was elected president in 2020 he was asked by my colleague Nick Bryant for a " quick word for The Bbc ". He swiftly replied " The Bbc ? I'm Irish! "
He loves to quote Irish poets and uses The Experience of Irish citizens living under British rule as a way to express empathy with persecuted minorities around The World .
The Irish diaspora In America does not have the same outsized influence in US politics as it once did. But with 30 million Americans claiming Irish Roots - That is about one in 10 of the current population - it never does any harm for a US president to be seen embracing his Celtic Connections .
With 10 of his 16 great grandparents coming from Ireland, Joe Biden is one The Most Irish presidents in history.
Edward Blewitt was an engineer and brickmaker who left the West Coast town of Ballina, Mayo, in 1850. He decided to head to Scranton in Pennsylvania as the devastating Irish potato famine was causing widespread starvation.
This Week , his great-great grandson will be greeted by a huge painted mural of his own face in the Town Square .
On the East Coast of Ireland, the Small Town of Carlingford in Louth is also expecting a visit. It was from there President Biden's paternal great-great grandfather, Owen Finnegan, departed in the late 1840s.
These Days The People of the Cooley Peninsula are anticipating the construction of a long-awaited bridge across Carlingford Lough That would improve economic links by joining them to Northern Ireland . Locals want to see it named the " Biden Bridge".
The President can only dream of receiving such a rapturous welcome anywhere in the United States .
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