Roots - Season 1
Roots - Season 1
Roots - Season 1
1977
Drama, War
Season 1 - A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation. (imdb)
You've rated 0 of 8 episodes in this season
Directed by:
John Erman
37 total credits
John Erman has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Blackboard Jungle, Stella, Scarlett and An Early Frost
38 total credits
Marvin J. Chomsky has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Holocaust, Tank, The Deliberate Stranger and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Writers:
William Blinn 11 total credits
William Blinn has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Starsky & Hutch, Purple Rain, Roots, Starsky and Hutch and Pensacola: Wings of Gold
4 total credits
M. Charles Cohen has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Roots, Part VIII, The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy and David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
Starring:
Edward Asner
115 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
Ben Vereen has 25 credits at Criticker, including: 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
Maya Angelou has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies
32 total credits
Moses Gunn has 32 credits at Criticker, including: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter
91 total credits
Louis Gossett Jr. has 91 credits at Criticker, including: 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
Thalmus Rasulala has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Blacula, Roots, The Out-of-Towners, Mom and Dad Save the World and Friday Foster
20 total credits
Ji-Tu Cumbuka has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Blacula, Roots, Bound for Glory, Brian's Song and Mandingo
89 total credits
William Watson has 89 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Chato's Land, The Mack, The Hunting Party and Stingray
65 total credits
Chuck Connors has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Soylent Green, Airplane II: The Sequel, Old Yeller, The Big Country and Roots
Ratings & Reviews
(0)
Roots, Part I (1977)
- S1E1
In 1750, in Gambia, West Africa, Kunta Kinte, son of Omoro and Binta, distinguishes himself among his tribesmen in manhood training rituals. But he does not enjoy his new status long: slave traders sweeping the countryside seize him. Chained with other captives, Kunta begins an agonized odyssey to the New World.
Roots, Part II (1977)
- S1E2
Despite a violent rebellion, the slave ship Lord Ligonier completes its voyage in 1767, and Kunta Kinte endures the indignity of an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of Kunta's training, becomes his only friend, but Kunta's plans to escape and be with Fanta eventually put their friendship to the test.
Roots, Part III (1977)
- S1E3
In 1776, John Reynolds sells the now adult Kunta Kinte to his brother William. Kunta tries to escape again, this time with dire consequences. He also meets his match in Belle Reynolds, the slave who cooks for William's family.
Part IV (1977)
- S1E4
By 1780, Kunta accepts his fate, settles down with Bell and they have a daughter named Kizzy. Several years later, Kizzy befriends Anne, the young girl who was the result of a secret affair between Kizzy's master, Dr. William Reynolds, and the wife of his cuckold brother John, the previous Kunta's owner. The girls quickly, and secretly, become best friends, which ends up having unintended serious consequences later on.
Part V (1977)
- S1E5
In 1806, Kunta's teenage daughter Kizzy falls in love with a slave called Noah, who later tries to escape. Unfortunately, he is quickly caught and tortured until he names Kizzy as his accomplice, sealing her horrific fate.
Roots, Part VI (1977)
- S1E6
In 1824, Kizzy is allowed to visit the plantation of her previous owner, Dr. William Reynolds, and learn the ultimate fate of her parents. Meanwhile, old slave Mingo teaches Kizzy's son George how to become a great cockfighting trainer. This eventually leads to huge unexpected changes in George's status.
Roots, Part VII (1977)
- S1E7
In 1861, "Chicken George" returns home hoping to free his enslaved family.
Roots, Part VIII (1977)
- S1E8
The war is over, the Confederacy having surrendered, freeing the slaves. Mr. Harvey invites the slaves to stay if they wish, maybe sharecropping. The rest of the plantation owners, a senator and the sheriff have a meeting to discuss options, with the senator declaring that he's come to buy a lot of land. When tempers flare, the sheriff leaves. President Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth. The former Harvey slaves' encampment is visited by masked men with torches on horses and Harvey is warned
Cast & Info
Directed by:
John Erman 37 total credits
John Erman has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Blackboard Jungle, Stella, Scarlett and An Early Frost
38 total credits
Marvin J. Chomsky has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Holocaust, Tank, The Deliberate Stranger and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Writers:
William Blinn 11 total credits
William Blinn has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Starsky & Hutch, Purple Rain, Roots, Starsky and Hutch and Pensacola: Wings of Gold
4 total credits
M. Charles Cohen has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Roots, Part VIII, The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy and David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X
Starring:
Edward Asner 115 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
Ben Vereen has 25 credits at Criticker, including: 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
Maya Angelou has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies
32 total credits
Moses Gunn has 32 credits at Criticker, including: The NeverEnding Story, Rollerball, Shaft, Heartbreak Ridge and Firestarter
91 total credits
Louis Gossett Jr. has 91 credits at Criticker, including: 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
Thalmus Rasulala has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Blacula, Roots, The Out-of-Towners, Mom and Dad Save the World and Friday Foster
20 total credits
Ji-Tu Cumbuka has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Blacula, Roots, Bound for Glory, Brian's Song and Mandingo
89 total credits
William Watson has 89 credits at Criticker, including: Roots, Chato's Land, The Mack, The Hunting Party and Stingray
65 total credits
Chuck Connors has 65 credits at Criticker, including: Soylent Green, Airplane II: The Sequel, Old Yeller, The Big Country and Roots
Loading ...
Similar Titles
Loading ...
Statistics
Loading ...
Trailer
Loading ...