Roots

★8.4 1977 1 Season Biography, Drama, History

A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.

Actors

John Amos John Amos Older Kunta Kinte
Olivia Cole Olivia Cole Mathilda Moore
Ben Vereen Ben Vereen Chicken Joe Moore
Madge Sinclair Madge Sinclair Belle Reynolds