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Roots

2016
Drama, History
TV Mini-Series
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants. (imdb)

Directed by:

Mario Van Peebles
Mario-Van-Peebles
90 total credits
Mario Van Peebles has 90 credits at Criticker, including: Ali, Jaws: The Revenge, Heartbreak Ridge and New Jack City
,
Phillip Noyce
Phillip-Noyce
29 total credits
Phillip Noyce has 29 credits at Criticker, including: Salt, The Bone Collector, Patriot Games, The Saint and Clear and Present Danger
,
Bruce Beresford
Bruce-Beresford
42 total credits
Bruce Beresford has 42 credits at Criticker, including: Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy, Breaker Morant and The Contract
,
Thomas Carter
Thomas-Carter
17 total credits
Thomas Carter has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Coach Carter, Save the Last Dance, Metro, Swing Kids and Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Writers:

Lawrence Konner
Lawrence-Konner
14 total credits
Lawrence Konner has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Mona Lisa Smile, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Jewel of the Nile, Mercury Rising and The Beverly Hillbillies
,
Mark Rosenthal
Mark-Rosenthal
13 total credits
Mark Rosenthal has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Mona Lisa Smile, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Jewel of the Nile, The Beverly Hillbillies and For Love or Money
,
Alex Haley
Alex-Haley
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
,
Alison McDonald
Alison-McDonald
5 total credits
Alison McDonald has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life, hard to believe, but still because of slavery and Ruby Shoals

Starring:

Laurence Fishburne
Laurence-Fishburne
112 total credits
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. He became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaption of the Shakespearean play. (Wikipedia)
,
Matthew Goode
Matthew-Goode
44 total credits
Matthew Goode has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Watchmen, Match Point, The Imitation Game, A Single Man and Stoker
,
Forest Whitaker
Forest-Whitaker
112 total credits
Instantly recognizable by his large, somber presence, Whitaker first found fame in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Since then, he's risen to acclaim as both an actor and director. His brutal portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland has seen him nominated for the Best Actor Oscar
,
Anika Noni Rose
Anika-Noni-Rose
26 total credits
Anika Noni Rose has 26 credits at Criticker, including: The Princess and the Frog, Dreamgirls, From Justin to Kelly, Maid and Assassination Nation
,
James Purefoy
James-Purefoy
45 total credits
James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome. He has also appeared as Laertes in Hamlet at the Bristol Old Vic (1991) Brian in William Gaminara's Back Up the Hearse and Let them Sniff the Flowers at the Hampstead Theatre (1992), Roland Maule in Noel Coward's Present Laughter at the Globe Theatre (1993), Biff in Death of a Salesman, alongside Ken Stott and Jude Law, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (1994)...(wikipedia)
,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan-Rhys-Meyers
62 total credits
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor and model He is best known for roles in the films Velvet Goldmine Bend It Like Beckham, Woody Allen's Match Point and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor and as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors In two of his films Velvet Goldmine and August Rush he also took over singing parts. He has been the face of several advertising campaigns for Hugo Boss fragrances
,
Emayatzy Corinealdi
Emayatzy-Corinealdi
11 total credits
Emayatzy Corinealdi has 11 credits at Criticker, including: The Invitation, Miles Ahead, Middle of Nowhere, Hand of God and Roots
,
Malachi Kirby
Malachi-Kirby
10 total credits
Malachi Kirby has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Boiling Point, Men Against Fire, Mangrove, Kajaki: The True Story and Small Axe
,
Babs Olusanmokun
Babs-Olusanmokun
7 total credits
Babs Olusanmokun has 7 credits at Criticker, including: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Too Old To Die Young, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Mother of George and Roots
,
Erica Tazel
Erica-Tazel
7 total credits
Erica Tazel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Justified, House of D, The Good Fight, Roots and Lecture Circuit: Part 1
,
Herbert Cavalier Jr.
Herbert-Cavalier-Jr
1 total credit
Herbert Cavalier Jr. has just 1 credit at Criticker: Roots
,
Regé-Jean Page
Reg-Jean-Page
7 total credits
Regé-Jean Page has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Gray Man, Mortal Engines, Bridgerton and Black Bag

Genres:

Drama, History

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Roots

2016
Drama, History
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 65.81% from 36 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Compact view
Avg Percentile 65.81% from 36 total ratings
Rated 06 Oct 2017
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74th
good times;)

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Mario Van Peebles
Mario-Van-Peebles
90 total credits
Mario Van Peebles has 90 credits at Criticker, including: Ali, Jaws: The Revenge, Heartbreak Ridge and New Jack City
,
Phillip Noyce
Phillip-Noyce
29 total credits
Phillip Noyce has 29 credits at Criticker, including: Salt, The Bone Collector, Patriot Games, The Saint and Clear and Present Danger
,
Bruce Beresford
Bruce-Beresford
42 total credits
Bruce Beresford has 42 credits at Criticker, including: Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy, Breaker Morant and The Contract
,
Thomas Carter
Thomas-Carter
17 total credits
Thomas Carter has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Coach Carter, Save the Last Dance, Metro, Swing Kids and Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Writers:

Lawrence Konner
Lawrence-Konner
14 total credits
Lawrence Konner has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Mona Lisa Smile, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Jewel of the Nile, Mercury Rising and The Beverly Hillbillies
,
Mark Rosenthal
Mark-Rosenthal
13 total credits
Mark Rosenthal has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Mona Lisa Smile, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Jewel of the Nile, The Beverly Hillbillies and For Love or Money
,
Alex Haley
Alex-Haley
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
,
Alison McDonald
Alison-McDonald
5 total credits
Alison McDonald has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life, hard to believe, but still because of slavery and Ruby Shoals

Starring:

Laurence Fishburne
Laurence-Fishburne
112 total credits
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. He became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaption of the Shakespearean play. (Wikipedia)
,
Matthew Goode
Matthew-Goode
44 total credits
Matthew Goode has 44 credits at Criticker, including: Watchmen, Match Point, The Imitation Game, A Single Man and Stoker
,
Forest Whitaker
Forest-Whitaker
112 total credits
Instantly recognizable by his large, somber presence, Whitaker first found fame in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Since then, he's risen to acclaim as both an actor and director. His brutal portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland has seen him nominated for the Best Actor Oscar
,
Anika Noni Rose
Anika-Noni-Rose
26 total credits
Anika Noni Rose has 26 credits at Criticker, including: The Princess and the Frog, Dreamgirls, From Justin to Kelly, Maid and Assassination Nation
,
James Purefoy
James-Purefoy
45 total credits
James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome. He has also appeared as Laertes in Hamlet at the Bristol Old Vic (1991) Brian in William Gaminara's Back Up the Hearse and Let them Sniff the Flowers at the Hampstead Theatre (1992), Roland Maule in Noel Coward's Present Laughter at the Globe Theatre (1993), Biff in Death of a Salesman, alongside Ken Stott and Jude Law, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (1994)...(wikipedia)
,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan-Rhys-Meyers
62 total credits
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor and model He is best known for roles in the films Velvet Goldmine Bend It Like Beckham, Woody Allen's Match Point and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor and as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors In two of his films Velvet Goldmine and August Rush he also took over singing parts. He has been the face of several advertising campaigns for Hugo Boss fragrances
,
Emayatzy Corinealdi
Emayatzy-Corinealdi
11 total credits
Emayatzy Corinealdi has 11 credits at Criticker, including: The Invitation, Miles Ahead, Middle of Nowhere, Hand of God and Roots
,
Malachi Kirby
Malachi-Kirby
10 total credits
Malachi Kirby has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Boiling Point, Men Against Fire, Mangrove, Kajaki: The True Story and Small Axe
,
Babs Olusanmokun
Babs-Olusanmokun
7 total credits
Babs Olusanmokun has 7 credits at Criticker, including: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Too Old To Die Young, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Mother of George and Roots
,
Erica Tazel
Erica-Tazel
7 total credits
Erica Tazel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Justified, House of D, The Good Fight, Roots and Lecture Circuit: Part 1
,
Herbert Cavalier Jr.
Herbert-Cavalier-Jr
1 total credit
Herbert Cavalier Jr. has just 1 credit at Criticker: Roots
,
Regé-Jean Page
Reg-Jean-Page
7 total credits
Regé-Jean Page has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Gray Man, Mortal Engines, Bridgerton and Black Bag

Genres:

Drama, History

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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