Roots

Year: 1000

Runtime: 588 mins

Language: English

Directors: John Erman, Marvin J. Chomsky

Drama

Based on Alex Haley’s 1976 Pulitzer‑winning bestseller, this acclaimed twelve‑hour 1977 miniseries chronicles his ancestors from mid‑1700s Gambia through slavery to the post‑Civil War United States. The docu‑drama earned nine Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Peabody, and remains the most‑watched miniseries in U.S. history. Its cultural impact endures.

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