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Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an 18th-century Mandinka man who is enslaved and shipped from The Gambia to the Colony of Virginia, and his descendants. It first aired on May 30, 2016, and stars Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, T.I. and South African actress Nokuthula Ledwaba. It was produced on a budget of $50 million.
- Director
- Bruce Beresford · Thomas Carter · Phillip Noyce · Mario Van Peebles
- Writer
- Lawrence Konner
Who made it 10
- Director
- Bruce Beresford
· Thomas Carter· Phillip Noyce· Mario Van Peebles
- Writer
- Lawrence Konner
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- Release date
- 2016 · Released
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Historical
- Also known as
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- Français
- Racines
- 日本語
- ルーツ
- 한국어
- 뿌리
- Polski
- Korzenie
- Português
- Raízes
Data from Wikidata (CC0). Description adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): Wikipedia · Series artwork from TVmaze.