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Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of enslavement in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.
The television adaptation of the book aired in January 1977, which stimulated book sales. Within seven months of its release, Roots had sold more than 15 million hard cover copies. [9] In total, Roots spent 22 weeks at the number one spot on The Times' list, including the first 18 weeks of 1977, before falling to number three on May 8. [10]
Roots: 1977: An acclaimed eight-episode TV mini-series based on Alex Haley's biography about his family moving from slavery to liberation. [10] Roots: 2016: A four-episode remake of the 1977 miniseries. Roots: The Gift: 1988: A film portraying events occurring between the second and third episodes of the first miniseries. Sankofa: 1993
Aricles relating to the television miniseries Roots and its spin-offs. It is 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.
Roots: The Next Generations is an American television miniseries based on the last seven chapters of Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.First aired on ABC in February 1979, it is a sequel to the 1977 Roots miniseries, tracing the lives of Kunta Kinte's descendants in Henning, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1967.
He was best remembered as the slave trader who captured young Kunta Kinte in the TV miniseries Roots. He appeared in two episodes of Cannon entitled "Perfect Alibi" and "Madman", which aired on 31/10/73 and 3/3/76 respectively.
Alex Haley's Queen (also known as Queen) is a 1993 American television miniseries that aired in three installments on February 14, 16, and 18 on CBS. [1] [2] The miniseries is an adaptation of the 1993 novel Queen: The Story of an American Family, by Alex Haley and David Stevens.
Renn Woods (born Ren Woods; January 1, 1958) is an American film, television and stage actress, vocalist and songwriter.She is best known for her role as Fanta in Roots, for her performance of "Aquarius" in the film version of Hair (1979) [1] and as Edie in the TV series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1989).