![]() ![]() Watch the first official trailer for “Roots” below. and air over four consecutive nights simulcast on History Channel, A&E, and Lifetime. Parents need to know that Roots is the classic 1977 miniseries based on the best-selling book by Alex Haley, who spent 13 years tracing his genealogy back to 1750. “Roots” is set to premiere Monday, May 30 at 9 p.m. The remake stars Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte and Regé Jean-Page as ‘Chicken’ George Moore, and features an all-star cast including this week’s Backstage cover star Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, Anna Paquin, and rapper-actor Tip T.I. The series also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. and the television movies Roots: The Gift, Queen, a drama about Haley's paternal. “Roots” received 37 Emmy nominations winning nine of them. Haley's mother, Bertha, died when he was only twelve years old. The groundbreaking and iconic original show first premiered on ABC in 1977 to massive critical acclaim. This eight-hour miniseries is a historical portrayal of slavery and one family’s journey and survival through one of the bleakest points in American history. The History Channel unveiled a new trailer for its remake of “Roots” based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” and the 1977 ABC miniseries. ![]()
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