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Roots

Roots

2016 · Series · 1 season · ★ 6.9

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Plot, cast and details

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

Rated TV-MADramaAction & Adventure
  • Malachi KirbyKunta Kinte
  • Jonathan Rhys MeyersTom Lea
  • Forest WhitakerFiddler
  • Laurence FishburneAlex Haley
  • Babs OlusanmokunOmoro Kinte