Roots (2016)

Part 1

Directed by Phillip Noyce
TV-MA
S1 • E1    May 29, 2016    90m
7.9
In the river region of The Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, give birth to a son, Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After arriving in Maryland, Virginia planter John Waller purchases Kunta.

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Cast of Part 1

  • Malachi KirbyKunta Kinte
  • Jonathan Rhys MeyersTom Lea
  • Forest WhitakerFiddler
  • Laurence FishburneAlex Haley
  • Babs OlusanmokunOmoro Kinte
  • Simona BrownJinna
  • LeVar BurtonEphraim
  • Colby ArpsBlaine
  • Jared BankensSlave Dealer
  • Tony CaprariSlave Buyer #1
  • Matthew GoodeWilliam Waller
  • James PurefoyJohn Waller
  • Roman L. ArmstrongKunta Kinte
  • Derek LukeSilla Ba Dibba
  • Chris ObiKintango
  • Kedar Williams-StirlingSitafa
  • Tony CurranConnelly
  • Hakeem Kae-KazimSamson
  • Katie McGuinnessElizabeth Waller
  • Phillip NoyceDirector
  • Mark RosenthalWriter
  • Lawrence KonnerWriter
  • Alex HaleyWriter
  • Cheryl EatockProducer
  • Alissa M. KantrowProducer
  • Ann KindbergProducer

 

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