Pictures From The Movie Roots

The saga of an american family by american author alex haley according to haley kunta kinte was based on one of his ancestors.

Pictures from the movie roots. Earn 125 points on every ticket you buy. Nearly 40 years after roots made its epic network television debut the history channel along with lifetime and a e is set to air a four night reboot of the epic slavery saga based on alex haley. In this video are the true images of the persons of the novel roots by alex haley. Rack up 500 points and you ll score a 5 reward for more movies.

Roots is an american television miniseries based on alex haley s 1976 novel roots. It also won a golden globe and a peabody award it received unprecedented nielsen ratings for the finale which still holds a record as the third highest rated episode for. ˈ k uː n t ɑː ˈ k ɪ n t eɪ koon tah kin tay is a character in the 1976 novel roots. A member of the stands4 network.

With levar burton robert reed john amos louis gossett jr. In this video are the true images of the persons of the novel roots by alex haley. Roots received 37 primetime emmy award nominations and won nine. Directed by kevin hooks.

Roots tv mini series 1977 on imdb. The web s largest resource for famous quotes sayings. In december 1775 kunta kinte and fiddler accompany their owner to another plantation at christmas time and they learn that the son of the owner helps slaves escape and the two of them try to help him and also see this as an opportunity to escape themselves. A gambian man who was born in 1750 enslaved and taken to america and who died in 1822.

Haley said that his account of kunta s life in. The saga of an american family the series first aired on abc in january 1977. With louis gossett jr levar burton avery brooks kate mulgrew. A dramatization of author alex haley s family line from ancestor kunta kinte s enslavement to his descendants liberation.