Roots (2016 miniseries)

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television miniseries

Roots (2016 miniseries) is a 2016 television adaptation of Alex Haley’s landmark novel tracing multiple generations of an African American family from enslavement to emancipation.

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Roots (2016 miniseries) canonical 11

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instanceOf television miniseries ⓘ
basedOn Alex Haley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roots: The Saga of an American Family NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Chicken George NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiddler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kizzy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunta Kinte NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedForTelevisionBy Lawrence Konner NERFINISHED ⓘ
LeVar Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Wolper NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Packer NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor A+E Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ
executiveProducer LeVar Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Wolper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Will Packer NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAired 2016-05-30 ⓘ
follows multiple generations of an African American family ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
isRemakeOf Roots (1977 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastAired 2016-06-02 ⓘ
nominatedFor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastAs four-night television event ⓘ
originalNetwork A&E NERFINISHED ⓘ
History NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lifetime NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer LeVar Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Will Packer NERFINISHED ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 90 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ
American slavery era ⓘ
stars Anika Noni Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anna Paquin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Derek Luke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forest Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonathan Rhys Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurence Fishburne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malachi Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regé-Jean Page NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tip "T.I." Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme emancipation ⓘ
family history ⓘ
racism ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ

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Anika Noni Rose → notableWork → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Kizzy in Roots → appearsIn → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
subject surface form: Kizzy (Roots)
Babs Olusanmokun → notableWork → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Babs Olusanmokun → appearedIn → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Alex Heffes → composedMusicFor → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Emayatzy Corinealdi → notableWork → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Emayatzy Corinealdi → castMemberOf → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Saniyya Sidney → notableWork → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Saniyya Sidney → appearsIn → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Regé-Jean Page → notableWork → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ
Regé-Jean Page → appearedIn → Roots (2016 miniseries) ⓘ