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Roots: Part 1

Roots (2016)

Biographical, Drama, Historical, War | United States

Director: Phillip Noyce

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Rating: 8.0/10

User rating: 10/10
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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 1 - Part 1

SYNOPSIS

In the river region of the Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have a son named Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After he arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, Virginia planter John Waller purchases Kunta.

Actors

Voice: Laurence Fishburne

Writer: Alex Haley, Lawrence Konner

Producer: Levar Burton, Cheryl Eatock

Narrator: Ike Amadi

RUNTIME: 99 min

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