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Roots
Roots
Roots
1977
Drama, War
TV Mini-Series
9h 48m
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation. (imdb)
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Directed by:
John Erman
37 total credits
Credits include: Blackboard Jungle, Roots, Stella, Scarlett and An Early Frost
38 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Holocaust, Tank, The Deliberate Stranger and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Writers:
William Blinn 11 total credits
Credits include: Starsky & Hutch, Purple Rain, Roots, Starsky and Hutch and Pensacola: Wings of Gold
4 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Roots, Part VIII, The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy and David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
9 total credits
Credits include: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
Starring:
Edward Asner
124 total credits
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up...(Wikipedia)
25 total credits
Credits include: All That Jazz, Roots, Idlewild, Once Upon a Forest and Funny Lady
39 total credits
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia)
20 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies
35 total credits
Credits include: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter
94 total credits
Credits include: Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D, The Punisher and Toy Soldiers
24 total credits
After arriving in Hollywood with $12 in his pocket, he was first employed as a sweeper for $1 a day. He was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning around 1960. He was sometimes billed as Harry Rhodes and appeared in sixty-six films or television programs, such as ABC's medical drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point. Most of his appearances were in minor roles, according to IMDB. Rhodes first television role was in a 1957 episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey
19 total credits
Credits include: Blacula, Roots, The Out-of-Towners, Mom and Dad Save the World and Friday Foster
20 total credits
Credits include: Blacula, Roots, Bound for Glory, Brian's Song and Mandingo
90 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Chato's Land, The Mack, The Hunting Party and Stingray
70 total credits
Credits include: Soylent Green, Airplane II: The Sequel, Old Yeller, The Big Country and Tourist Trap
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Season 1 - A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation. (imdb)
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Directed by:
John Erman 37 total credits
Credits include: Blackboard Jungle, Roots, Stella, Scarlett and An Early Frost
38 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Holocaust, Tank, The Deliberate Stranger and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Writers:
William Blinn 11 total credits
Credits include: Starsky & Hutch, Purple Rain, Roots, Starsky and Hutch and Pensacola: Wings of Gold
4 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Roots, Part VIII, The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy and David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
9 total credits
Credits include: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
Starring:
Edward Asner 124 total credits
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up...(Wikipedia)
25 total credits
Credits include: All That Jazz, Roots, Idlewild, Once Upon a Forest and Funny Lady
39 total credits
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. professionally known as LeVar Burton, is a German-born African American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow...(Wikipedia)
20 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies
35 total credits
Credits include: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter
94 total credits
Credits include: Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D, The Punisher and Toy Soldiers
24 total credits
After arriving in Hollywood with $12 in his pocket, he was first employed as a sweeper for $1 a day. He was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning around 1960. He was sometimes billed as Harry Rhodes and appeared in sixty-six films or television programs, such as ABC's medical drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point. Most of his appearances were in minor roles, according to IMDB. Rhodes first television role was in a 1957 episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey
19 total credits
Credits include: Blacula, Roots, The Out-of-Towners, Mom and Dad Save the World and Friday Foster
20 total credits
Credits include: Blacula, Roots, Bound for Glory, Brian's Song and Mandingo
90 total credits
Credits include: Roots, Chato's Land, The Mack, The Hunting Party and Stingray
70 total credits
Credits include: Soylent Green, Airplane II: The Sequel, Old Yeller, The Big Country and Tourist Trap
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