Radici
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Rødder
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Racines
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Raíces
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Raízes
director:
Marvin J. Chomsky
/
John Erman
/
David Greene
/
Gilbert Moses
playwright:
Alex Haley
/
James Lee
/
William Blinn
/
M. Charles Cohen
/
Ernest Kinoy
actor:
John Amos
/
Olivia Cole
/
Ben Vereen
/
Madge Sinclair
genre:
Drama
region:
United States
language:
English
number of seasons: 1
release date: 1977-01-23
IMDb: tt0075572
Overview
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.