Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition)
Movies & TV / DVD
Movies/TV › Feature Film Drama
UPC: 085391144854 / Publisher: WarnerBrothers, October 2007
Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
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Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, Roots followed several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga began with Kunta Kinte (Burton), a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family's saga is depicted up until the Civil War where Kunte Kinte's grandson gained emancipation. Roots made its greatest impression on the ratings and widespread popularity it garnered. On average, 80 million people watched each of the episodes and over 100 million - almost half the country at the time - saw the final episode.
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