TV SERIES · 1977

Roots

DramaWar71 min per episode

Beginning in West Africa and continuing through the era of enslavement in America, this series follows one family across generations as lives are uprooted, sold, and forced into a brutal system designed to erase names, ties, and history. Kunta Kinte, played by LeVar Burton, is captured and taken across the Atlantic, where every attempt to hold on to his identity meets violence and control. As the story moves forward, his children and grandchildren face new owners, separations, and constant threats, while trying to preserve family bonds and the memory of where they came from. John Amos appears as an older Kunta in the family’s continuing struggle to endure.