A common ancestor linked two of the 1977 miniseries most unlikely players Nearly 130 million people turned into ABC’s 1977 miniseries Roots during it’s original airing – establishing it as one of the ...

In 1977, no one could have predicted just how popular the miniseries Roots was going to be. John Amos, who played Kunta Kinte as an older man, however, remembers the moment he knew. "When I found out ...

The History Channel remake of the iconic '70s miniseries is more graphic and more punishingly intense as an account of how plantation owners brutalized slaves to surrender their identities – to become ...

In something of a return to its own roots, the re-imagining of seminal 1977 miniseries Roots had its world premiere this evening in front of a packed audience at the MipTV conference here in Cannes.

In April it was announced that LeVar Burton and Will Packer were set to executive-produce a remake of Roots, which will air on three channels: Lifetime, A&E and History. Roots, which originally aired ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Nearly 40 years after its original airing, the record-breaking miniseries ROOTS is ...

In 1977, ABC aired the landmark miniseries “Roots” on eight consecutive nights. Based on the 1976 novel by Alex Haley, the series told the story of Kunta Kinte (portrayed as a teenager by Levar Burton ...

It's plausible that you didn't catch ABC's miniseries Roots when it debuted in 1977. Personally, I just remember heart-wrenching snippets from 10th grade lessons on slavery and the Civil War: The ...

The eight-hour reboot of the classic 1977 miniseries premieres Memorial Day and will simulcast across four consecutive nights on A&E, Lifetime and History. By Brooke Mazurek Set in the present ...

Immediately following the airing of Roots, it became a part of the fabric of the culture and the consciousness of America. The word itself became shorthand for where we come from and who we are.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “If people perceive ‘Roots’ to be a black history show—nobody is going to watch it.” ...

"This is one of the most iconic pieces of content in history, and I thought that this was a tremendously risky undertaking," says producer Will Packer. "But as filmmakers, we wouldn't be where we are ...