Roots

• 1 Seasons
• 8 Episodes

• English
• 237

Actors:  Ralph Waite, Ed Asner, LeVar Burton, Ian McShane, George Hamilton, Ben Vereen Directors:  Stevan Larner

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United S...