Roots

Watch movie: Roots Released in (1977) The movie categorized in Drama, History, TV-Movie, Biography, War, with duration 90 min Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, David Greene, John Erman, Gilbert Moses. A saga of African-American life, based on Alex Haley's family history. Kunta Kinte is abducted from his African village, sold into slavery, and taken to America. He makes several escape attempts until he is finally caught and maimed. He marries Bell, his plantation's cook, and they have a daughter, Kizzy, who is eventually sold away from them. Kizzy has a son by her new master, and the boy grows up to become Chicken George. He's a legendary cock fighter who leads his family into freedom. Throughout the series, the family observes notable events in U.S. history, such as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, slave uprisings, and emancipation.—Eric Sorensen
Genre: Drama, History, TV-Movie, Biography, War
Actor: Richard Roundtree, Ian McShane, Carolyn Jones, Austin Stoker, LeVar Burton, John Amos, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Georg Stanford Brown, Cicely Tyson
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, David Greene, John Erman, Gilbert Moses
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Runtime: 90
Release: 1977
Rating: 7.78571 out of 10
Language: en,
Views: 111
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Quality: DVD
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