TV Mini Series 1977 TV-14 9h 48m IMDb RATING 8.4 /10 19K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 1,955 107 Play trailer 1:28 2 Videos 82 Photos Biography Drama History A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation. Stars LeVar Burton Robert Reed John Amos See production info at IMDbPro Kunta Kinte ( / ˈkuːntɑː ˈkɪnteɪ / KOON-tah KIN-tay; c. 1750 - c. 1822) is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he died around 1822.
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1 h 35 min 18+ In 1776, a nation fights for freedom - but not for all. Kunta Kinte escapes again and is crippled by slave catchers. He marries, gains a daughter and loses his long-time friend Fiddler. Another chance for escape arises, but Kunta sacrifices it to care for his wife and the newborn he names Kizzy, an African word for "stay put." S1.E1 ∙ Part I. Sun, Jan 23, 1977. 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 is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States.The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.. A critical and ratings success over the course of its run, Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. Watch the official 'You Are Kunta Kinte' Teaser for HISTORY's "Roots". #RootsSubscribe for more from Roots and other great HISTORY shows:http://www.youtube.c.
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Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte in Roots. Photograph: History Channel The G2 interview Television Interview Malachi Kirby on remaking Roots: 'I could feel the pain, hear the screams' Steve Rose It. Biography Drama History 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 a. Read all Director David Greene Writers Episode 1 Kunta Kinte, born in Gambia, West Africa, is kidnapped by invading foreigners while on the way back from his ritual manhood training and transferred to a ship bound for America. 1 hr 30 min 23 Jan 1977 EPISODE 2 Episode 2 Roots: The Gift: Directed by Kevin Hooks. With Louis Gossett Jr., LeVar Burton, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew. On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
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Roots (2016) 01 Ich bin Kunta Kinte (Episode 1) fernsehserien.de
Cast. Alex Haley Played by Laurence Fishburne. Cast. Mingo Played by Chad L. Coleman. Cast. Matilda Played by Erica Tazel. Cast. Frederick Murray Played by Lane Garrison. Cast. TV Mini Series 2016 TV-MA 1h 30m IMDb RATING 7.9 /10 8.4K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 4,380 116 Play trailer 2:43 16 Videos 99+ Photos Drama War An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America. Stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers Malachi Kirby Forest Whitaker
Plot Part 1 In 1767, Kunta Kinte ( Malachi Kirby) is a young Mandinka man from Jufureh in the Gambia region of West Africa. One day, Kunta is taken into the jungle with other Mandinka youth as part of their training to become warriors. The relentlessly distressing tale of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century Mandinka tribesman abducted from his village in the Gambia and sold as a slave in the US, stars former EastEnders actor Malachi.
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In the new Roots mini-series, Kunta is played by newcomer Malachi Kirby. Alongside him, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Anna Paquin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Goode, Anika Noni Rose, and. Kunta's beating and breaking was the startling moment that seized 140 million American viewers in 1977. It was a starkly theatrical confession of America's capital crime.