"Your name is your shield."

2016- 2016

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

6.9(180 votes)

Ended

Drama

Action & Adventure

Overview

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

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Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

5 featured cast members

Starring

Malachi Kirby

Kunta Kinte

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Tom Lea

Forest Whitaker

Fiddler

Laurence Fishburne

Alex Haley

Babs Olusanmokun

Omoro Kinte

Creative team

Showrunner: Will Packer
Marc Toberoff
Produced by: Ann Kindberg
Alissa M. Kantrow

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