Specials
Season 0

Specials

Roots

8 episodes

Episodes

The Phenomenon of Roots
S0 · E1 · 47 min

The Phenomenon of Roots

Author of "Roots" Alex Haley goes on a voyage to his ancestral home village in Africa and to the grave site of his relative Kunta Kinte in Virginia with LeVar Burton who portrayed Kinte in "Roots". Narrated by Louis Gossett, Jr.

Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation
S0 · E2 · 22/05/2007

Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation

An examination of "Roots" impact on society in the 1970's from a modern perspective.

Episode 3
S0 · E3

Roots: One Year Later

Hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.

Episode 4
S0 · E4 · 22/05/2007

Remembering Roots

25th-anniversary 3 DVD edition bonus. New interviews with key cast members.

Episode 5
S0 · E5

The Struggle to Make Roots

No synopsis available.

30th anniversary
S0 · E6 · 22/05/2007 · 27 min

30th anniversary

'The American Story Continues' is a new interview series with celebrities discussing how important the original series 'ROOTS' was and continues to be in this day and age. Whoopi Goldberg, James Earl Jones, Blair Underwood, and more make an appearance

Cast Interviews
S0 · E7 · 28 min

Cast Interviews

'The Cast Looks Back' is a new bonus video that features interviews with most of the cast of the original miniseries. They talk about making the series and how it has transformed their lives.

The Gift
S0 · E8 · 11/12/1988 · 1 h 29 min

The Gift

The characters of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler from Roots are back in this movie. In this movie the two of them accompany their owner to another plantation at Christmas time and they learn that the son of the owner helps slaves escape. And the two of them try to help him and also see this as an opportunity to escape themselves.

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